Learn the גמרא דף לו: “גדלו בדפוס until “איתמר”
Questions:
Why is an Esrog that grows inside a mold with a different shape pasul?
Learn the “גמרא דף לו: “איתמר until the two dots.
Questions:
For which days of Sukkos does the disqualification of לקיחה תמה and lack of הדר apply?
According to Rashi, why is an Esrog with a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos?
According to the לישנא קמא (first version of the opinion of רבה) why is an Esrog which a person nibbled on not a lack in הדר?
According to the לישנא בתרא (second version of the opinion of רבה) why is an Esrog which mice nibbled on not a lack in הדר?
Why is the disqualification of לקיחה תמה only pasul for the first day and yet a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos when they are both learnt from the same pasuk?
Learn “תוס’ דף כט: “בעינן – focus on the final answer of Tosfos “לכך נראה”
Questions on Tosfos:
Why would the Rabanan not establish the mitzvah drabanan of the daled minim entirely like the requirements of the Torah?
Is Tosfos’ explanation the same as Rashi?
Learn “רן דף יג: דפי הריף “ומיהו for a new explanation of our gemara and a different answer to the original question. Focus on the explanation of the Ramban (second to last line on דף יג: דפי הריף )
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46674&st=&pgnum=56
Learn ר”ן bottom of דף יז: דפי הריף “הא ביו”ט ראשון until the top of דף יח. – מתניתן
And the “ר”ן דף יג: דפי הריף “ומיהו until the two dots
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609&hilite=
Question:
Why is the disqualification of לקיחה תמה only pasul for the first day and yet a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos when they are both learnt from the same pasuk?
We have learnt a couple of reasons
- Rashi
(See the ר”ן for his understanding of Rashi. Ran bottom of דף יז: דפי הריף “הא ביו”ט ראשון until the top of דף יח. – מתניתן https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=617) - Tosfos https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=29b&format=pdf
Learn the “רן דף יג: דפי הריף “ומיהו until “אבל הרמב”ן” (second to last line) for a third explanation to the original question.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609
Questions:
According the the Ran
Why is an Esrog which is חסר pasul?
Why is it only pasul for the first day of Sukkos?
Continue learning the Ran from the “אבל הרמב”ן” (second to last line) until דף יח. דפי הריף “אבל הראב”ד who presents a fourth explanation from the Ramban (second to last line on דף יג: דפי הריף )
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609&hilite=
Learn רמב״ם הלכות לולב פרק ח הלכה ח-ט and the ראב”ד on the Rambam https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58958&st=&pgnum=293
Question:
How does the Rambam explain our Gemara?
See the כסף משנה & לחם משנה