[Avodah] Not hadar is pasul

[Zev Sero]

On 29/09/17 08:14, Ben Waxman via Avodah wrote:
> A halacha guide book that I got (Mikrei Qodesh) states that if the 4 
> minim are not hadar, that is a pasul for Ashkenazim the entire week of 
> Succot (only the first day for Sefardim).
> 
> What is the source for this halacha? (The book gives references to 
> another book which I don't own).

Shulchan aruch OC 649.  See aruch Hashulchan se'if 15-16, that it's a 
machlokes of Rambam v Raavad, Tosfos, and Rosh, and the BY paskens like 
the Rambam.

Hadar means things such as the top of each kind being intact, the 
lulav's leaves not being spread out like a broom, the hadas not being 
covered in more red berries than leaves, etc.


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