Ben Hay-Hay said,” The reward is commensurate with the painstaking effort exerted.” (Pirket Avot 5:26)
The various types of fruits which we eat exemplify different sorts of struggles in our service to G-d. A fruit consists of the shell or peel, the fruit itself and the seed contained within. The seed is the purpose of the fruit. It is the ability to regenerate and reproduce. It represents our work in this world; to engage in Torah study and the fulfillment of Mitzvots (acts of love and kindness)in order to “know” G-d, and then to pas these values and knowledge over to the next generation. The fruit represents an illusion of sweet spiritual pleasure, while the klipah (husk) represents the negative inclination and the forces that keep us from fulfilling our spiritual potential.
(Expert taken from “Breaking Through from Binyomin Adilman)
