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

broke, it is posul. 70

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]15[ If most of its leaves dried out, it is posul. Some say that this is because it
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is not hadar, and some say because it is called dead. The Ritva writes that even
according to this [reason] it is still posul because of hadar. It isn’t considered dry
unless it crumbles [under pressure from a] fingernail, or if it is bent in half and it
breaks. This is all true if there is no moist lulav in the city, because most
authorities hold that if its green color is gone, it is considered dry. 73

]16[ The minimal size of a lulav must measure at least four tefachim which is
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sixteen fingerbreadths. B’dieved, thirteen and a third thumbs is sufficient. This

םדו רשב

Raba writes that there it is different Avraham, the Chayei Adam here offers that
because the spinal cord remains [intact] since we see that a broken spine of an animal
and it appears to me that the Magen is insufficient to render it a treifah, a broken
Avraham means that since the spine is not spine won’t invalidate a lulav either.
דנ
הנ
a sign of a treifah, so too [the lulav] is Practically, one should not use such a lulav.
kosher.
The mishna (Succah 29b) teaches that if 70. This is the case of ‘nifretzu alav’ in the
the lulav’s leaves became severed (‘nifretzu mishna (Succah 29b) which is posul. See
alav’) it is posul. The Magen Avraham previous note.

understands that this halacha mirrors that of 71. The Ran explains that a lulav is only
the spine of an animal in that if its ribs broke, invalidated if most of its leaves are dry. He
it is a treifah. Accordingly, he posits that since does however cite another opinion who
a broken spine per se does not render an understands that it is not considered dry
animal a treifah, the same holds true of the unless the spine is dried as well, but dismisses
spine of a lulav. Although the Shulchan Aruch this opinion, and the Shulchan Aruch rules that
HaRav agrees (provided that he straightens it dry leaves, or a dry spine (although it is
and secures it into place), most authorities unlikely that the leaves should then remain
disagree, either because one cannot compare moist) is sufficient cause to invalidate the
the two halachos, or as the Elya Raba argues, lulav.
that an animal is only kosher if the spinal cord
remains intact, which is irrelevant for our case 72. The mishna (Succah 29b) teaches that
of the lulav. In an effort to defend the Magen a dry lulav is posul. Rashi and Tosfos both

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