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Chayei Adam - K’lal 149 - Pesulim of Daled Minim & Pesulim of the Lulav

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םי ִק ְּסֹו ּפ ַה ן ִמ ׁשֵי םֹוק ָּמ לָּּכ ִמ ,ןֹו ׁשא ִר םֹוי ְּב ק ַר ןיִלּוס ְּּפ ַה ּו ּ ל ֵא לָּכ ְּב ה ָּרֹו ּת ַה ה ָּדי ִּפ ְּק ִה
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it is kosher for use on chol ha’moed. all seven days. After the Beis HaMikdash was
destroyed, the Chachamim mandated that
18. See below as to what qualifies as a everyone should take the four species every
blemish on a lulav, and see next few k’lalim for day of Succos, as a remembrance of what was
how to define a blemish for each of the other done in the Beis HaMikdash when it stood
three species.
(Toras Kohanim. See also Succah 41a). This
19. Such as a stolen lulav. (See above same posuk also teaches us that the four
siman 4.) species must be: (a) whole (lekicha
tamah); (b) qualify as hadar (beautiful); (c)
20. The mishna (Succah 29b) teaches that
a dry lulav is posul. (See below siman 15 his own, and not borrowed from someone
else. One would think that these criteria apply
regarding how dry a lulav must be before it is throughout Succos, yet the gemara seems to
no longer valid.) The subsequent mishnayos
(Succah 32b, 33b, 34b) teach the same with indicate otherwise: First, the gemara
questions why a stolen lulav should be posul
regards to the other species as well. Although
Rashi and Tosfos explain that a dry lulav is on chol ha’moed. Although according to one
answer it is; this is because it is a mitzva haba
disqualified because it is not beautiful, the ba’aveira (see above, siman 4 and note there),
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Yerushalmi (as quoted by the Raavad) explains but it is nevertheless clear that one may
that a dry lulav is considered dead, and the borrow someone else’s lulav on chol ha’moed.
posuk (Tehilim 115:17) teaches that the dead Furthermore, the gemara (Succah 36b) relates
cannot praise Hashem. that R’ Chanina took a bite out of his esrog on
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21. The posuk (Vayikra 23:40) instructs us chol ha’moed and then used it together with
to take the four species on the first day of his lulav, which clearly indicates that the four
Succos and rejoice before Hashem for seven species need not be whole on chol ha’moed.
days. Chazal explain that while the mitzva of The rishonim take different approaches in
the arba minim applies to every adult male on understanding this. The Rambam rules that
the first day, no matter where he is, in the Beis none of these pesulim are a concern on chol
HaMikdash, the obligation to do so is true on ha’moed, even if they were stolen (see above

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