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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 an 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 are exempt from taking the arba minim because it is an 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> | ||
