Reply To: What to Do with My Etrog?

PM, you are correct. Some poskim use shinui tzura and hefsed interchangeably, as a shinui tzurah that is not normally done on a given fruit is essentially being mafsid it. For instance, as you correctly pointed out, making wine out of grapes is clearly a shinui tzurah, but just as clearly a normal use of the grapes.However, this is not the case with an esrog and besamim. You are also correct that not all poskim approve of kedushas shvi’is esrog jam. Yasher koach.