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Chayei Adam - K’lal 148 - Laws of Lulav & Daled Minim


              forbidden to say a beracha more than once a day. He must hold [the lulav] in his
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              hand.  If he wraps a cloth around the lulav or places it in a container and holds
              the container, he doesn’t fulfill his obligation; as this is considered taking it by
              way  of  something  else  it  is  considered  a  chatzitza  and  he  doesn’t  fulfill  his
              obligation. If he holds the container by the handle or holds the container in the
              palm of his hands he doesn’t fulfill his obligation since he is taking it by way of
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              something  else  in  a  disgraceful  way.   If  he  wraps  a  cloth  around  his  hands  or
              wears gloves, some say he fulfills his obligation because they are nullified to his
              hands,  and  some  say  he  doesn’t  fulfill  the  mitzva.  Therefore  he  should  take  it
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              again without a beracha.  One should remove his tefillin before taking the lulav
              since the lulav is a sign, although he need not be concerned that [his tefillin] are a
              chatzitza. The same is true of a ring worn on the finger; it is not a chatzitza since it
              doesn’t  cover  the  entire  hand.  Nevertheless,  the  custom  is  to  remove  rings
              beforehand. Some say that even b’dieved it interferes with the mitzva and so he
              should take [the lulav] again without a beracha.  50

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              and continue holding it while going to visit the   cloth. Since the Torah commands us to take a
              ill  etc,  after  davening  (Succah  41b).  Clearly   lulav, Rabbah warns against it. Rava, however,
              then,  there  is  no  issue  of  adding  on  to  the   disagrees  and  explains  that  although  he
              mitzva  or  of  moving  muktza  in  shaking  the   doesn’t  hold  it  directly,  this  is  considered  a
              lulav again. One may only recite one beracha,   sufficient ‘taking’.  Elsewhere (Succah 42a) the
              however,  because  once  he  has  fulfilled  his   gemara  qualifies  that  although  indirectly
              obligation, he can’t say another  beracha over   holding the lulav is sufficient to be considered
              that mitzva.                                 taking,  this  is  only  true  if  it  is  done  in  an
                                                           honorable  way.  Carrying  the  lulav  in  a
              47.    See  Succah  37a  that  Rabbah  warns   container however, does not qualify.
              one  who  wraps  his  lulav  in  gold  or  silver  to       It  would  seem  though  that  as  long  as  he
              decorate it, should be sure to leave part of it   picks  it up in an honorable way,  there would
              exposed  so  that  he  can  hold  it  without  the   be  no  issue  of  the  container  serving  as  a
              gold  or  silver  serving  as  a  chatzitza  between   chatzitza between his hand and the lulav.  The
              the  lulav  and  his  hand.  Rava  disagrees;  he   Ran in fact, understands that most of the time,
              explains that since it is there to decorate the   a  chatzitza  will  not  invalidate  the  mitzva  of
              lulav, it is batul to it and there is therefore no   taking  the  lulav:  Anything  that  is  considered
              issue of chatzitza. Then, the gemara deals with   secondary  to  the  hand  or  the  lulav  is  of  no
              someone  who  holds  his  lulav  in  a  piece  of   concern. Only if it doesn’t service either (i.e. is




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