{"id":11043,"date":"2001-01-04T00:07:20","date_gmt":"2001-01-03T22:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=11043"},"modified":"2022-09-14T13:04:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:04:39","slug":"13-04-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/13-04-07\/","title":{"rendered":"07. The Requisite Size of a Lulav <\/em>and a Canary Island Date Palm Lulav<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

If most the upper leaves of a lulav<\/em> were pared or truncated, or the central leaf is pared or truncated, the lulav<\/em> is invalid for use on the first Yom Tov (SA and Rema 645:6). If there is a thorn-like protrusion on the tip of the uppermost leaf, it is not considered part of the lulav<\/em>, so even if it is singed or cut off, the lulav<\/em> is kosher even according to the most meticulous.<\/p>\n

A lulav<\/em> whose uppermost leaf ends in a zigzag, as sometimes happens, is kosher le-khat\u1e25ila<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If most of a lulav<\/em>\u2019s leaves have dried out and turned white, with no green left at all, the lulav<\/em> is invalid (SA 645:5).<\/p>\n

The spine of a lulav<\/em> must be at least 4 tefa\u1e25im <\/em>tall (c. 32 cm, or 25.3 cm in pressing circumstances). This is the minimum size required to fulfill the obligation. However, it is a hidur <\/em>for the lulav<\/em> to be tall, as is accepted (MA 672:3).[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In recent times a question has arisen concerning the validity of lulavim <\/em>from a particular species of date palm imported from the Canary Islands. The Canary Island date palm differs from the common date palm in several respects: its leaves are shorter, denser, and softer; it is greener, and its dates do not taste good; its spine is softer and more flexible, bending in whichever direction it is tilted.<\/p>\n

Those who deem the Canary Island date palm acceptable maintain that since it comes from a palm tree that produces dates, it is kosher, despite all the differences (Tzitz Eliezer<\/em> 8:22; R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach). Others say that since its dates are not so edible and it differs from the common date palm in so many ways, it does not qualify as the \u201cbranches of palm trees\u201d referred to in the verse (Igrot Moshe<\/em>, O\u1e24 4:123). In practice, since there are acceptable species of the date palm similar to the Canary Island date palm, the reasoning of those who are lenient seems more convincing. Nevertheless, since this is the subject of dispute, it is preferable to avoid using a lulav<\/em> from a Canary Island date palm. When circumstances are pressing, one may rely on those who are lenient, use it, and recite the berakha<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n[4]<\/a>. According to R. Tarfon, the tefa\u1e25im<\/em> used to measure the four species are a sixth smaller than standard tefa\u1e25im<\/em> (Sukka<\/em> 32b). Tosafot<\/em>, Rabbeinu Yona, Rosh, and Ran rule this way. However, the four species are measured using standard tefa\u1e25im<\/em>, according to Rif and Rambam (following the general principle that we rule in accordance with the first Tanna quoted in a mishna<\/em>). The SA and Rema rule that le-khat\u1e25ila<\/em> we use standard measurements, but when circumstances are pressing, we are lenient. The berakha<\/em> is recited even when the smaller measurements are used (SA and Rema 603:1). As we have seen previously, there is also disagreement as to the size of a standard tefa\u1e25<\/em>. According to R. \u1e24ayim Naeh it is 8 cm, which means that a lulav<\/em> must be 32 cm le-khat\u1e25ila<\/em>, and 26.6 cm under pressing circumstances. Based on updated measurements, a tefa\u1e25<\/em> is 7.6 cm, which means that a lulav<\/em> must be 30.4 cm le-khat\u1e25ila<\/em> and 25.3 cm under pressing circumstances. Nevertheless, what I write above does not follow the updated measurements. This is because R. Naeh\u2019s measurements have been in use for the last couple of generations (and involve round numbers). However, when necessary, the updated measurements can be used, because really they are the correct ones. (See above, ch. 2 n.1. There is a more stringent shi\u2019ur<\/em> following Noda Bi-Yehuda<\/em> and \u1e24azon Ish, according to which a tefa\u1e25<\/em> is 9.6 cm. Following this, a lulav<\/em> should be 38.4 cm le<\/em>–khat\u1e25ila<\/em> and 32 cm if circumstances are pressing.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If most the upper leaves of a lulav were pared or truncated, or the central leaf is pared or truncated, the lulav is invalid for use on the first Yom Tov (SA and Rema 645:6). If there is a thorn-like protrusion on the tip of the uppermost leaf, it is not considered part of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13-04"],"yoast_head":"\n07. 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