Adam's Torah
This podcast is recordings from classes given by Adam Sabzevari. There are episodes on the weekly Parasha and the Jewish holidays
There is also a series on the Sefer HaMitzvot, in which we go through the list of the Mitzvot.
We will learn the Sefer HaMitzvot HaKatzar (“Concise Book of Commandments”), written by Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaKohen Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim). The book is an abbreviated reworking of the Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvot that only includes commandments applicable outside of Israel in the post-Temple era. ************************* Podcast Link: https://adamstorah.buzzsprout.com/
Adam's Torah
Positive #36 - To Take the Four Species During Sukkot
In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #36, which is to take the four species during the holiday of Sukkot.
- What are the four species?
- Citron / etrog
- Palm tree branch / lulav
- Myrtle branches / hadasim
- Willow branches / aravot
- When does this mitzvah apply?
- This mitzvah applies during daytime only, not at night.
- In the Beit Hamikdash, it applies to all seven days of Sukkot. Elsewhere, the Biblical obligation is only on the first day of Sukkot. (Sukkot is the seven-day holiday that begins on the 15th day of Tishrei.)
- However, after the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash, our Sages enacted that everyone should take the four species for all seven days of Sukkot.
- Also, we don't take them on Shabbat.
- How is "to take the four species" defined?
- The minimum requirement is to hold all four species, bring them together, and lift.
- We recite a blessing beforehand.
- They should be held in the position that they grow, right-side up.
- As part of our prayers, we move the species in six directions (north, east, south, west, up, & down).
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