הלכות שופר וסוכה ולולב ח׳Shofar, Sukkah and Lulav 8

Halacha 1א׳

אַרְבַעַת מִינִין הָאֵלּוּ שֶׁהֵן לוּלָב וַהֲדַס וַעֲרָבָה וְאֶתְרוֹג שֶׁהָיָה אֶחָד מֵהֶן יָבֵשׁ אוֹ גָּזוּל אוֹ גָּנוּב אֲפִלּוּ לְאַחַר יֵאוּשׁ אוֹ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה מֵאֲשֵׁרָה הַנֶּעֱבֶדֶת אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבִּטְּלוּ הָאֲשֵׁרָה מִלְּעָבְדָהּ. אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה שֶׁל עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת. הֲרֵי זֶה פָּסוּל. הָיָה אֶחָד מֵהֶן שֶׁל עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים לֹא יִטּל לְכַתְּחִלָּה וְאִם נָטַל יָצָא. הָיָה כָּמוּשׁ וְלֹא גָּמַר לִיבַשׁ כָּשֵׁר. וּבִשְׁעַת הַדְּחָק אוֹ בִּשְׁעַת הַסַּכָּנָה לוּלָב הַיָּבֵשׁ כָּשֵׁר אֲבָל לֹא שְׁאָר הַמִּינִין:

These four species — which are the lulav, the myrtle, the willow and the etrog — if one of them was dry, or robbed, or stolen even after the owner's despair, or was from an asherah that is worshipped, even though they annulled the asherah from being worshipped, or was from a condemned city, it is unfit. If one of them was of star-worship, he shall not take it at the outset; and if he took it, he has fulfilled his obligation. If it was withered but had not become fully dry, it is fit. And in an hour of pressing need, or in an hour of danger, a dry lulav is fit — but not the rest of the species.

Halacha 2ב׳

אֶתְרוֹג שֶׁל עָרְלָה וְשֶׁל תְּרוּמָה טְמֵאָה וְשֶׁל טֶבֶל פָּסוּל. שֶׁל דְּמַאי כָּשֵׁר שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיַּפְקִיר נְכָסָיו וְיִהְיֶה עָנִי שֶׁמֻּתָּר לוֹ לֶאֱכל דְּמַאי. אֶתְרוֹג שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה טְהוֹרָה וְשֶׁל מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם לֹא יִטּל שֶׁמָּא יַכְשִׁירוֹ לְטֻמְאָה. וְאִם נָטַל כָּשֵׁר:

An etrog of orlah, or of impure heave-offering, or of untithed produce, is unfit. Of demai it is fit, since it is possible for him to renounce his property and be poor, and a poor man is permitted to eat demai. An etrog of pure heave-offering, or of second tithe in Jerusalem, he shall not take, lest he render it susceptible to impurity; and if he took it, it is fit.

Halacha 3ג׳

לוּלָב שֶׁנִּקְטַם רֹאשׁוֹ פָּסוּל. נִסְדַּק אִם נִתְרַחֲקוּ שְׁנֵי סְדָקָיו זֶה מִזֶּה עַד שֶׁיֵּרָאוּ כִּשְׁנַיִם פָּסוּל. הָיָה עָקוּם לְפָנָיו שֶׁהֲרֵי שְׁדֵרוֹ כְּגַב בַּעַל חֲטוֹטֶרֶת פָּסוּל. הָיָה עָקוּם לַאֲחוֹרָיו כָּשֵׁר שֶׁזּוֹ הִיא בְּרִיָּתוֹ. נֶעֱקַם לְאֶחָד מִצְּדָדָיו פָּסוּל. נִפְרְדוּ עָלָיו זֶה מֵעַל זֶה וְלֹא נִדַּלְדְּלוּ כַּעֲלֵי הַחֲרָיוֹת כָּשֵׁר. נִפְרְצוּ עָלָיו וְהוּא שֶׁיִּדַּלְדְּלוּ מִשְּׁדֵרוֹ שֶׁל לוּלָב כַּעֲלֵי הַחֲרָיוֹת פָּסוּל:

A lulav whose top was cut off is unfit. If it was split — if its two parts drew apart from one another until they look like two, it is unfit. If it was bent forwards, so that its spine is like the back of a hunchback, it is unfit. If it was bent backwards, it is fit, for this is its natural formation. If it was bent to one of its sides, it is unfit. If its leaves separated one from another but did not hang loose like the leaves of a palm branch, it is fit. If its leaves were broken away — that is, that they hang loose from the spine of the lulav like the leaves of a palm branch — it is unfit.