Reply To: Stem or not?

alwaysask-“What is the explanation for the Ashkenazi order?”

” Eastern Europe would often get one esrog per town, according to stories. Would they really refuse it if was a pitom or pitom-less type?”

-idk you tell me? Thats why im asking if anyone knows sources and would be interesting in hearing peoples minhagim and reasons.

“RW did not ask “who is right”, he asked “what was original” minhag. That is not the same. You don’t tell your students that Yaakov wore a shtreimel to support a minhag, I hope.”

-exactly