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> >Do that constitute a chatzitzoh between the Arbo Minim being that the<BR>> >palm leaves used in those pockets are dried up?<BR>>><BR> <BR>>I thought we pasken Like R. Meir that any binding is kosher.<BR>
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R. H. Schacter recently said in a shiur available online at YU Torah that we hold that whatever R. Yehudah held was m'akev, we hold is a l'chatchila. Therefore, there is still a mitzva of eged l'chatchila, which is why the Rema needed to explain how can do k'richa around the minim on YT if one failed to tie a kesher shel kayama on erev YT. <BR>
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The problem with lulav baskets (keisheklach) is that there may be a requirement of taaseh v'lo min ha'asui with respect to the eged, a requirement which a pre-made basket would fail. However, even if one is choshesh for this opinion, I can't see one cannot simply tie the 3 minim together with a lulav strip while they are in their basket. Perhaps he holds ein eged achar eged? I should hasten to point out that R. Schacter did not pasken one way or the other - his comments were l'halacha v'lo l'maaseh.<BR>
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