Sukkah 36a Part 4/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Which changes to an esrog still leave it kosher? Rav pasuls an esrog a mouse nibbled, while Rav Chanina bit into his and used it, and the Gemara's answer shows that chaser does not pasul on Yom Tov Sheni. Rashi explains why hadar still counts on Yom Tov Sheni. Why a bite is not a lack of hadar stays an open question.

Key points

• Rava pasuls a molded esrog only when the mold makes it look like another creation.
• Rav pasuls a mouse-nibbled esrog because mice are disgusting, yet Rav Chanina bit his and was yotzei.
• We learn that an esrog set aside for the mitzvah is muktzeh l'mitzvah, not to be bitten into.
• The Gemara's answer for Rav Chanina teaches that chaser does not pasul on Yom Tov Sheni.
• Rashi keeps hadar required on Yom Tov Sheni, since Hashem's name is mentioned in the bracha.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Esrog molded like another creation
2. 2:55Esrog nibbled by a mouse
3. 6:13Muktzeh l'mitzvah and biting an esrog
4. 8:59The second version of Rav
5. 9:59Chaser on Yom Tov Sheni
6. 14:08Which pesulim carry to Yom Tov Sheni
7. 15:33Rashi on hadar and the bracha
8. 19:19Is a bite a lack of hadar

Topics

• Esrog
• Hadar
• Yom Tov Sheni
• Muktzeh