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==Who is Obligated== | ==Who is Obligated== | ||
#This mitzva of arba minim is an obligation on every individual. <ref> Succa 41b. Tosafot there says that since the pasuk says ולקחתם in the plural and not in the singular we know that it is on everyone. </ref> | #This mitzva of arba minim is an obligation on every individual. <ref> Succa 41b. Tosafot there says that since the pasuk says ולקחתם in the plural and not in the singular we know that it is on everyone. </ref> | ||
#Women are exempt from taking the arba minim because it is | #Women are exempt from taking the arba minim because it is a [[mitzvah aseh shehazman grama]]. They are permitted and even encouraged to but while Ashkenaz women can say the beracha if they choose to do the mitzva, Sephardic women shouldn't say the beracha. <ref> Mishna Sukkah 28, S"A 640:1. Like the other mitzvot aseh shehazman grama, if she wants to do the mitzva, she is permitted to. Ashkenazim based on Rabbeinu Tam quoted in Kiddushin 31b and [[Rosh Hashana]] 33a hold that women are permitted to say the beracha if they do the mitzva. Sephardim however, hold that they cannot say the beracha based on the Rambam in Hilchot [[Tzitzit]] 3:10 and Shulchan Aruch 17:2 </ref> | ||
#Women do not have to shake the lulav in all six directions as men do. <ref> Shu"t Rav Pealim 1:12 </ref> | #Women do not have to shake the lulav in all six directions as men do. <ref> Shu"t Rav Pealim 1:12 </ref> | ||
#The obligation for children begins at the age when they can shake the lulav on their own. <ref> Succa 42a, Rambam Hilchot Succa 7:19. The Mishna Berura 657:1 adds even if a child is six years old, the usual age of chinuch, if he cannot shake the lulav properly, one is not obligated to train him in this mitzva. </ref> When the reach that age, the father has an obligation to buy him a kosher set of arba minim that will be his own. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 657:1. Biur Halacha there "kidei lichancho" adds that it must be kosher, and Iggerot Moshe OC 3:95 adds that it should be his own if possible. </ref> | #The obligation for children begins at the age when they can shake the lulav on their own. <ref> Succa 42a, Rambam Hilchot Succa 7:19. The Mishna Berura 657:1 adds even if a child is six years old, the usual age of chinuch, if he cannot shake the lulav properly, one is not obligated to train him in this mitzva. </ref> When the reach that age, the father has an obligation to buy him a kosher set of arba minim that will be his own. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 657:1. Biur Halacha there "kidei lichancho" adds that it must be kosher, and Iggerot Moshe OC 3:95 adds that it should be his own if possible. </ref> | ||
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#The minhag is that the spine of the lulav should be facing towards the person shaking it. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Succot 358, Ben Ish Chai Haazinu 13 against the Eliyah Rabba 650 and the Orchot Chaim 23 quoting the Raavad who say that the spine should be facing away from him </ref> | #The minhag is that the spine of the lulav should be facing towards the person shaking it. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Succot 358, Ben Ish Chai Haazinu 13 against the Eliyah Rabba 650 and the Orchot Chaim 23 quoting the Raavad who say that the spine should be facing away from him </ref> | ||
# For people who's left hand is the stronger one, | # For people who's left hand is the stronger one, | ||
## Sephardim should hold it as if they were right handed and hold the lulav in the right and etrog in the left. <ref> Tur 651, Shulchan Aruch 651:3. </ref> | |||
## Ashkenazim should switch it, and hold the lulav in the left hand and etrog in the right hand. <ref> Rama (quoting the Rosh 3:25 and Rabbeinu Yerucham) 651:3. Rama adds that if a lefty held it as if he were a righty, he is still yotzei. </ref> | |||
#One should hold the arba minim against each other both for the holding and for the shaking. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 651:11 </ref> | #One should hold the arba minim against each other both for the holding and for the shaking. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 651:11 </ref> | ||
#It is prohibited to have something separating between your hands and the arba minim. <ref> Beit Yosef 651 says for those who wear tefillin during chol hamoed remove it for the arba minim, although technically they don't have to because it doesn't cover the whole hand. Rama 651:7 paskins like this as well. The bach and the biurei hagra there however, both say that you must remove it because its considered a chatzitza as long as its not for the hiddur mitzva.</ref> It is permitted to leave your ring on though or if you get hurt and need to wear a cast or a bandage that you can't remove it you can be lenient. <ref> Halichot Shlomo 224, Chazon Ovadia 417-419 </ref> | #It is prohibited to have something separating between your hands and the arba minim. <ref> Beit Yosef 651 says for those who wear tefillin during chol hamoed remove it for the arba minim, although technically they don't have to because it doesn't cover the whole hand. Rama 651:7 paskins like this as well. The bach and the biurei hagra there however, both say that you must remove it because its considered a chatzitza as long as its not for the hiddur mitzva.</ref> It is permitted to leave your ring on though or if you get hurt and need to wear a cast or a bandage that you can't remove it you can be lenient. <ref> Halichot Shlomo 224, Chazon Ovadia 417-419 </ref> | ||
