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#We need to hold the arba minim right side up, "biderech gedeilatan"-the way which they grow. <ref> Succa 45b. Mishna Berura 652:16 and Chazon Ovadia Hilchot Succa page 340 say you aren't even yotze bidieved. </ref> | #We need to hold the arba minim right side up, "biderech gedeilatan"-the way which they grow. <ref> Succa 45b. Mishna Berura 652:16 and Chazon Ovadia Hilchot Succa page 340 say you aren't even yotze bidieved. </ref> | ||
# One should hold the lulav (aravot and hadasim included) in the right hand and the etrog in his left hand. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 651:2. Mishna Berura 15 explains that this is because the lulav, aravot, and hadasim have three parts of the mitzva while the etrog is only one. </ref> | # One should hold the lulav (aravot and hadasim included) in the right hand and the etrog in his left hand. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 651:2. Mishna Berura 15 explains that this is because the lulav, aravot, and hadasim have three parts of the mitzva while the etrog is only one. </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> | *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> | ||
