[Avodah] Lulov pockets

[D&E-H Bannett]

Re: <<Does anyone use a large bundle of hadassim and two 
aravos?>>

Teimanim surround the combined lulav, hadassim, aravot 
package with a large bundle of hadassim as decoration and 
tie with lulav leaves.

As to the dual-headed pockets, I have always called them a 
mafrid rather than a m'chaber or  m'ached.  Often the 
hadassim and aravot are inserted partway into their tubes 
and, when the tubes are not tied together, there is air 
space between the three items and they do not touch. 
Halakhically, I believe this is permitted. However, many 
people feel better when they tie the tubes to the lulav, 
joining the three.

I make a single tube (like a Chinese finger catcher), put 
all three inside together and pull to tighten. As the family 
as grown over the years, I did not always have time to make 
sufficient tubes for all.  So, I cheat by taking apart a 
dual-tube and making it into two separate ones. The inside 
diameter is not always what I like, but it saves a lot of 
time for my aging fingers. The kids call my tube making 
ripui b'isuk in the sukkah (occupational therapy).


hag sameach,

David