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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 14 Tishrei - Binding the Lulav
Description: עֵרוּב תַּבְשִׁילִין[Today] an Eruv Tavshilin is made. [This is required only when Sukkos falls on Thursday and Friday (as in 5704/1943, the year of publication).]אֵין מוֹסִיפִין עַל שְׁתֵּי עֲרָבוֹת, מַה שֶׁאֵין כֵּן בַּהֲדַסִיםNo more than two willow twigs are taken. One may, however, take more than three myrtle twigs.מְהַדְּרִים לֶאֱגוֹד הַלּוּלָב בַּסּוּכָּה וּבְעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹבTo perform the mitzvah in its optimum manner, one makes a point of binding the lulav [with the hadassim and aravos] in the sukkah on erev Sukkos.עַל הַלּוּלָב שְׁתֵּי כְּרִיכוֹתTwo rings [made of leaves of the lulav] are bound around the lulav alone, [higher than the other three rings that will bind the lower ends of the hadassim and aravos to its base]. וּמִשְׁתַּדְּלִים שֶׁשְׁתֵּיהֶם תִּהְיֶינָה מְכוּסוֹת בַּהֲדַסִים וַעֲרָבוֹת...