## Sukkah Daf 30b

###### Sukkah 30b:1
[Sukkah 30b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/30b:1)

וְקַרְקַע אֵינָהּ נִגְזֶלֶת. הִלְכָּךְ לִגְזְזוּהּ אִינְהוּ, כִּי הֵיכִי דְּלִיהְווֹ יֵאוּשׁ בְּעָלִים בִּידַיְיהוּ דִּידְהוּ וְשִׁינּוּי הָרְשׁוּת בִּידַיְיכוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and land** is **not stolen.** When one seizes land, the land remains the property of its original owner, even if that owner has despaired. In this case, there is concern that these myrtle branches were stolen from Jews. **Therefore, let the gentiles cut** the myrtle branches, **so that the despair of the owners will be** when the myrtle branches **are still in the hands** of the gentiles **and the change of possession** will be accomplished through their purchase and transfer **into your hands.** The combination of owner’s despair and change of possession will render the myrtle branches the property of the merchants, and it will not be a mitzva fulfilled by means of a transgression.


###### Sukkah 30b:2
[Sukkah 30b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/30b:2)

סוֹף סוֹף כִּי גָזְזוּ אֲוַונְכָּרֵי, לֶיהֱוֵי יֵאוּשׁ בְּעָלִים בִּידַיְיהוּ וְשִׁינּוּי הָרְשׁוּת בִּידַן! לָא צְרִיכָא, בְּהוֹשַׁעְנָא דַּאֲוַונְכָּרֵי גּוּפַיְיהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Ultimately,** even **when the merchants cut** the myrtle branches, **let it be** a case of **despair in their hands, and the change of possession** is accomplished through the purchase and transfer of the myrtle branches **into the hands** of the buyers. Why did Rav Huna advise them to have the gentiles cut the myrtle branches? The same result is achieved through their sale. The Gemara answers: **No,** it is **necessary** for Rav Huna to advise the merchants to allow the gentiles to cut the myrtle branches only **with regard to** the myrtle branches **of the merchants themselves,** which will not undergo another change of possession. The only way to ensure that the merchants are fulfilling the mitzva with myrtle branches that belong to them is to have the gentiles cut them and have the change of possession accomplished through the purchase from the gentiles.


###### Sukkah 30b:3
[Sukkah 30b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/30b:3)

וְלִיקְנְיוּהּ בְּשִׁינּוּי מַעֲשֶׂה! קָא סָבַר לוּלָב אֵין צָרִיךְ אֶגֶד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And let them acquire** the myrtle branches **with** a physical **change** accomplished **by** the **action** of binding them with the *lulav* and the willow branch. Just as despair followed by a change in possession effects acquisition, despair followed by a physical change effects acquisition for the one who implements that change. In that case, too, the myrtle branches no longer belong to the original owner. The Gemara answers that **Rav Huna holds: A *lulav* does not require binding.** There is no mitzva to bind the four species together. One need only hold them unbound in his hand; therefore, the myrtle branches undergo no action that effects physical change.


###### Sukkah 30b:4
[Sukkah 30b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/30b:4)

וְאִם תִּמְצֵי לוֹמַר לוּלָב צָרִיךְ אֶגֶד, שִׁינּוּי הַחוֹזֵר לִבְרִיָּיתוֹ הוּא, וְשִׁינּוּי הַחוֹזֵר לִבְרִיָּיתוֹ — לָא שְׁמֵיהּ שִׁינּוּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** even **if you want to say** that **a *lulav* requires binding,** and therefore the myrtle branches undergo a physical change, **it is a change** after **which** the object **reverts to its original state.** Binding the species effects no change in the myrtle branches themselves. Once the binding is removed, the myrtle branches are restored to their original state. **And** the principle is: **A change** after **which** the object **reverts to its original state is not considered a change.** It is of no significance with regard to effecting acquisition.


###### Sukkah 30b:5
[Sukkah 30b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/30b:5)

וְלִיקְנְיוּהּ בְּשִׁינּוּי הַשֵּׁם, דְּמֵעִיקָּרָא הֲוָה לֵיהּ אַסָּא וְהַשְׁתָּא

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And let** the merchants **acquire** a myrtle branch **with a change of name** that it underwent, **as initially it was** called **a myrtle branch, and now** that it is designated for use in fulfilling the mitzva,