Sukkah 37 - August 13, 5 Elul

English Study Guide Sukkah 37

Today’s daf is sponsored by Tali Brown Kozlowski “in honor of the first yahrzeit of my grandfather Harvey Brown, Chayim Eli Ben Yehuda Noach who was an avid learner, always found with a sefer in hand, even on the beach. And also in honor of the first yahrzeit of Rabbi David Moss father of Talia Moss and former Executive Director of Ohr Torah Stone. May their Neshamot have an Aliya."

Does one need to use s'chach from one of the arba minim? From a braita where there is a debate regarding this issue, one can derive that Rabbi Yehuda holds that other parts of the palm tree are considered the same type as lulav for purposes of using it for binding. How? Raba is considered in a number of situations regarding barriers between the person and the four minim as well as between the four minim themselves. In each case Rava disagrees and thinks there is no reason for concern. Can one smell an etrog or hadas used for the mitzva? On Shabbat is one allowed to smell each of them or is there concern they may  rip it out of the ground/tree? Why do we take the lulav in the right hand and the etrog in the left? Why do we make the blessing "on taking the lulav" and not the other species? When in Hallel do we shake the lulav? How do we shake and why?