I happened to find this box of dragon fruit at Restaurant Depot on the eve of Yud Tes Kislev, a major Chassidic holiday that falls a few days before Chanukah.
3 reasons, actually, connecting these dragonfruits to Yud Tes Kislev / 19th of Kislev:
First of all, this date is considered (as proclaimed by Rebbe Rashab) as “Rosh Hashanah for Chassidus”, now while there’s no custom to eat a new fruit or make a Shehechiyanu blessing on Yud Tes Kislev, buying & enjoying these dragonfruits certainly reminds & recalls this Rosh Hashanah-esque vibe.
Secondly, the company name on the box: “Freida’s” reminds me of Alter Rebbe’s daughter with whom he privately studied Chassidus (which made his son, the Mitteler Rebbe jealous, a story for a different time). Alter Rebbe’s personal studies of advanced Chassidus with his daughter Fraida reminds us (myself a father of 7 daughters) that Chabad (& all Jewish) women ought to be taught & study high levels of advanced Torah.
Thirdly, I bought this box of dragonfruit (delicious, btw) on eve of Yud Tes Kislev because of this fruit’s unique coloring: richly colored on outside, but black & white within. This illustrates many of Alter Rebbe’s paradoxes: How Alter Rebbe sees soul for example: richly colored, complex, developed & expressed – externally, but “simpler” at its essential inner core. Same with “light vs vessels” complexity not at the light but via the vessel. B/W inside, colorful outside vividly illustrates this.
One more Alter Rebbe Yud Tes Kislev connection to the insides of a DragonFruit being black & white: Revelation vs. Concealment, Light vs. Darkness, is a huge Chassidus theme! Alter Rebbe sees it as the insides of everything! (…and these dragonfruits tasted very good, too!)