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*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>
*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 man do. <ref> Shu"t Rav Pealim 1:12 </ref>
#Women do not have to shake the lulav in all six directions as man do. <ref> Shu"t Rav Pealim 1:12 </ref>
#The obligation for children begin 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> Some opinions hold that the child can only fulfill his obligation with a set that is his own, therefore one should buy a set for his child if possible. <ref> Iggeros Moshe 3:95 </ref>
#The obligation for children begin 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>
 
==Beracha==
==Beracha==
# On the first day of Sukkot prior to shaking the lulav, we recite the beracha of ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו על נטילת לולב  
# On the first day of Sukkot prior to shaking the lulav, we recite the beracha of ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו על נטילת לולב