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==Which Aravot are fit?== | ==Which Aravot are fit?== | ||
# The [[Aravot]] used for beating the [[Aravot]] must be fit for shaking the [[four minim]]. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 443) </ref> | # The [[Aravot]] used for beating the [[Aravot]] must be fit for shaking the [[four minim]]. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 443) </ref> | ||
#It is permissible to use the two [[aravot]] that were tied to your [[lulav]] once you have fulfilled that mitzva for the beating and removed the [[aravot]] from the tie. <ref> Mishna Berura 664:21 as well as Chazon Ovadia Succot 442 say that although Shulchan Aruch 664:6 holds like the gemara succa 44b that you cannot be yotzei with the [[aravot]] with the [[lulav]], that's only talking about when the [[aravot]] are still tied to the [[lulav]]. In addition, this is not a problem of maalin bakodesh viein moridin (we go up in holiness and don't go down) because the Mordechai says that's only referring to items that are holy and not items that are just used for a mitzva. Beit Yosef Yoreh Deah 259 and | #It is permissible to use the two [[aravot]] that were tied to your [[lulav]] once you have fulfilled that mitzva for the beating and removed the [[aravot]] from the tie. <ref> Mishna Berura 664:21 as well as Chazon Ovadia Succot 442 say that although Shulchan Aruch 664:6 holds like the gemara succa 44b that you cannot be yotzei with the [[aravot]] with the [[lulav]], that's only talking about when the [[aravot]] are still tied to the [[lulav]]. In addition, this is not a problem of maalin bakodesh viein moridin (we go up in holiness and don't go down) because the Mordechai says that's only referring to items that are holy and not items that are just used for a mitzva. Beit Yosef Yoreh Deah 259 and Shach 259:11 hold like this. </ref> | ||
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