[Avodah] hidur

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 06:57:15PM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
:>                                     ... Shouldn't the asei (tzedaqah,
:> dei machsero) trump a "mere" hidur mitzvah (esrog)? And yet, we know
:> many great rabbanim who didn't follow this calculus. What am I missing?

: Perhaps that they would then let the other person use their mehudardige
: esrog, so both benefit.

So, both get the mitzvah of esrog with a hadar esrog. But I asked about
fulling tzedaqah. How does a matanah al menas lehachzir qualify? And
for someone used to having their own esrog, how is it "dei machsero"?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha