[Avodah] Lulov Pockets

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> :                     I understand these pockets 
> : have  only been used in practice for a very short time...
> 
> See the picture at <http://tinyurl.com/2o59l4>. Even in Bar Kochva's day,
> hadasim and aravos were held with the lulav by a woven basket.

The picture looks just as consistent with a large bundle of hadassim
and two aravot, held together by a ring, more or less like the current
L practise, except that the aravot are projecting above the hadassim,
while L try to hide the aravot behind the hadassim.

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