Sukkah 46a Part 6/6

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Was the esrog set aside only for the mitzvah, or for the whole day the mitzvah can be done? On Hoshana Rabbah, Rabbi Yochanan forbids eating the esrog all day, and Reish Lakish permits it once the mitzvah is done. Along the way we see Rav Elyashiv's reading of a Rashi, two drashos on listening to Hashem's words, and Rashi's rejection of reading miyad as immediately.

Key points

• Rav Elyashiv, himself unsure, suggests a comma in Rashi, so no proof about tefillin on Chol HaMoed.
• Rashi gives two drashos: train the ear to Hashem's words, and chazer old learning to grasp new.
• An esrog that is hukzah l'mitzvah can still be moved, just not used against the mitzvah.
• Reish Lakish holds the esrog was set aside only for the mitzvah, Rabbi Yochanan for the whole day.
• Each reading of children in the Mishnah is rebutted, so the Mishnah proves neither side.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rav Elyashiv's reading of Rashi
2. 4:36The full vessel and the empty one
3. 7:48Different pesukim in Brachos and Sukkah
4. 11:38Listening and doing in Krias Shema
5. 13:54The Mishnah on the children's esrog
6. 16:51Hukzah l'mitzvah explained
7. 18:26Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish on esrog
8. 23:11Two versions of the proof

Topics

• Esrog
• Muktzeh
• Hukzah L'Mitzvah
• Hoshana Rabbah