Sukkah 36a Part 3/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Do the Mishnah's psul of an esrog haboser and Rabbi Shimon's exemption from maaser rest on one idea, that an unripe esrog is not yet a fruit? Abaye takes the comparison apart from both ends, and nothing more remains to be said. We then learn Rava on an esrog grown in a mold, and Rav's psul of an esrog bitten by mice, set against Rav Chanina, who ate from his esrog and was yotzei.

Key points

• Esrog haboser means an unripe esrog the size of a bean, not one shaped like a bean.
• Abaye suggests the esrog psul rests on hadar and Rabbi Shimon's exemption on a replantable seed.
• Rava limits the braisa's psul to a mold giving another form, while an esrog-shaped mold stays kosher.
• Rav Chanina's bitten esrog fits the Mishnah because chaser disqualifies only on Yom Tov Rishon.
• For Rav, a mouse bite is disgusting, so a hadar problem even on Yom Tov Sheni.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Esrog haboser means unripe
2. 0:37Esrog haboser and maaser compared
3. 3:11Abaye takes it apart from both ends
4. 7:08An esrog grown in a mold
5. 10:31Dapi dapi, an esrog shaped like boards
6. 14:24An esrog bitten by mice
7. 19:30Yom Tov Rishon and Yom Tov Sheni
8. 22:20Who determines what is hadar

Topics

• Esrog
• Hadar
• Maaser
• Yom Tov Sheni