9.6 - Sukkah Daf 11 B (20 lines Dn)

Today’s learning sponsored by Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU Rav and Shmuel differ with regard to ‘taaseh v’lo min ha’asuy’. Rav holds that by making something kosher one ‘makes’ it. Shmuel holds that once something is ‘made’ it cannot be ‘koshered’. Summary Suggestion: Perhaps this is already debated by these Tannaim: “Rabbi Shimon bar Yehotzadak: If one transgresses the laws of Yom Tov* to remove the black berries that grew on his hadassim, it is possul. Chachomim: It is kosher.” Since ‘lulav tzarich agad’ [the lulav must be ‘made’ by tying it together with the hadassim and aravos], and since lulav is a mitzvah of sukkos [so the ‘taaseh’ of sukkos applies to lulav as well], it would seem that the Chachomim hold like Rav: one can pluck the berries after the hadassim have been tied to the lulav, and one can cut vines for schach after they’ve covered a sukkah. (If it’s a debate among Tannaim, it would give Rav some backing). Response 1: No. The debate is whether we apply the ‘taaseh’ of sukkos to lulav. Since there is no Torah instruction to ‘make’ a lulav, there is no principle of ‘koshering it after it’s been made’. Response 2: No. The debate is whether lulav tzarich agad. According to the Chachomim a lulav does not need to be ‘made’, so it can always be ‘koshered’. __________ * See ‘Bonus Discussion’ This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate