Sukkah 46b Part 1/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Is an esrog still muktzeh on Hoshana Rabbah once its mitzvah is done? Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish dispute it, and each reads the Mishnah of the children's esrogim his own way. For Rabbi Yochanan, the sukkah was needed at bein hashmashos, so it stays muktzeh through Shemini Atzeres, while the esrog does not. Rav Zeira then adds lessons about the arba minim and about promises to children.

Key points

• Rabbi Yochanan keeps the esrog muktzeh all the seventh day, Reish Lakish only until the mitzvah is done.
• The Gemara concludes the Mishnah of grabbing children's esrogim proves neither side.
• For Rabbi Yochanan, the sukkah stays muktzeh on the eighth day because it was needed bein hashmashos.
• Levi holds the esrog muktzeh even on the eighth day, and Avuha d'Shmuel later joined Levi's view.
• Rav Zeira warns against promising a child something and not giving it, since it teaches lying.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish on esrog
2. 4:02Proofs from the Mishnah of children's esrogim
3. 7:05Why the sukkah stays muktzeh on Shemini Atzeres
4. 15:12Bein hashmashos after the eighth day
5. 16:34Levi, Avuha d'Shmuel and Rav Zeira
6. 20:48Rav Zeira on giving arba minim to a child
7. 23:22Rav Zeira on promises to a child

Topics

• Muktzeh
• Esrog
• Hoshana Rabbah
• Shemini Atzeres