[Avodah] Hadassim, Esrogim, and how much to spend on hiddur mitzvah

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 08:34:58PM GMT, R' Yitzchak / Prof L. Levine shared
with Areivim:
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Rabbis and Dayanim Fuerst and Reiss meation the lack of point in
spending "$70, $100, or $200 on an Esrog, and then risk not filfilling
the Mitzvah properly because the hadassim are not kosher or are acceptable
only Bdi'eved."

But is there a point even if your hadassim are mehudarim?

The limit we are supposed to spend on hiddur mitzvah is a shelish.
Milevar. So that means spending 150% of the non-mehudar. If you
can get in your town kosher esrogim for $40, it is appropriate to
spend more than $60 looking for hiddur?

Maybe that extra $10, $40 or $140 are supposed to be spent on other 
people's yom tov expenses instead?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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