Sukkah 46b Part 4/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Does an esrog set aside for a mitzvah stay muktzeh all of Hoshana Rabbah, or only until the mitzvah is done? Rabbi Yochanan holds it is muktzeh the whole day, and Reish Lakish holds the muktzeh falls off once the mitzvah is over. Each one tries to bring a proof from the Mishnah of grabbing the lulav from the children. Then we see why the sukkah stays muktzeh on Shemini Atzeres while the esrog does not.

Key points

• Rabbi Yochanan holds the esrog muktzeh all of Hoshana Rabbah, and the sukkah even on the eighth day.
• Huktzeh l'mitzvah only rules out uses outside the mitzvah, so a fallen noi sukkah can be put back.
• The Gemara answers that the Mishnah names children only because grabbing from children was the normal thing.
• The sukkah is needed bein hashmashos for a meal on the eighth night, so it stays muktzeh all day.
• Taking the lulav after the first day is d'Rabbanan, unlike the sukkah, which is d'Oraisa.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Opening
2. 1:07Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish on the esrog
3. 3:52How huktzeh l'mitzvah differs from muktzeh
4. 5:20Reish Lakish's question from the Mishnah
5. 6:47Rabbi Yochanan's version of the question
6. 10:41Why the sukkah differs from the esrog
7. 16:59An esrog not yet taken bein hashmashos
8. 19:05Sitting in the sukkah on Shemini Atzeres

Topics

• Muktzeh
• Huktzeh L'Mitzvah
• Hoshana Rabbah
• Shemini Atzeres