## Sukkah Daf 42b

###### Sukkah 42b:1
[Sukkah 42b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:1)

הַיּוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁחוֹט — אוֹכְלִין מִשְּׁחִיטָתוֹ. אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: וְהוּא שֶׁגָּדוֹל עוֹמֵד עַל גַּבָּיו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If he is one **who knows** how **to slaughter** an animal, **one may eat from** animals **that he slaughtered. Rav Huna said:** That is the *halakha* **provided that an adult is standing over him** overseeing the slaughter.


###### Sukkah 42b:2
[Sukkah 42b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:2)

יָכוֹל לֶאֱכוֹל כְּזַיִת דָּגָן — מַרְחִיקִין מִצּוֹאָתוֹ וּמִמֵּימֵי רַגְלָיו אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת. אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: וְהוּא שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְאוֹכְלוֹ בִּכְדֵי אֲכִילַת פְּרָס. אָמַר רַב חִיָּיא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יֵיבָא: וּבַגָּדוֹל, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לֶאֱכוֹל בִּכְדֵי אֲכִילַת פְּרָס — דִּכְתִיב: ״וְיוֹסִיף דַּעַת יוֹסִיף מַכְאוֹב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If he is one who **is able to eat an olive-bulk of grain, one distances** himself **four cubits from his feces and from his urine** before praying or reciting *Shema*, as the feces and urine of a child at that stage of development produce offensive odors like those of an adult. **Rav Ḥisda said:** That is the *halakha* **provided that** the minor **can eat** the olive-bulk of grain **in** the time it takes **to eat a half-loaf** of bread. However, if it takes him longer, one need not distance himself before praying. **Rav Ḥiyya, son of Rav Yeiva, said: And with regard to an adult, even if he is unable to eat** an olive-bulk of grain **in** the time it takes **to eat a half-loaf** of bread, one must distance himself from his feces before praying, **as it is written: “And he that increases knowledge, increases sorrow”** (Ecclesiastes 1:18), meaning that as one grows older he becomes more flawed.


###### Sukkah 42b:3
[Sukkah 42b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:3)

יָכוֹל לֶאֱכוֹל כְּזַיִת צָלִי — שׁוֹחֲטִין עָלָיו אֶת הַפֶּסַח, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אִישׁ לְפִי אׇכְלוֹ״. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: עַד שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְבָרֵר אֲכִילָה. כֵּיצַד? נוֹתְנִין לוֹ צְרוֹר — וְזוֹרְקוֹ, אֱגוֹז — וְנוֹטְלוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If he is one who **is able to eat an olive-bulk of roasted** meat, **one slaughters the Paschal lamb on his** behalf, and he is included in the group assembled to eat the Paschal lamb, **as it is stated: “According to every man’s eating** you shall make your count for the lamb” (Exodus 12:4). **Rabbi Yehuda says:** Ability to consume an olive-bulk is insufficient to include him in the group; rather, he is not included **until he is able to discern** what he is **eating. How** is that determined? If **one gives him a pebble and he throws it** away, and if one gives him **a nut and he takes it,** he may be included in the group for eating the Paschal lamb.


###### Sukkah 42b:4
[Sukkah 42b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:4)

**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ לוּלָב הַגָּזוּל**


###### Sukkah 42b:5
[Sukkah 42b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:5)

**לוּלָב וַעֲרָבָה** — שִׁשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעָה. הַהַלֵּל וְהַשִּׂמְחָה — שְׁמוֹנָה. סוּכָּה וְנִיסּוּךְ הַמַּיִם — שִׁבְעָה. הֶחָלִיל — חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁשָּׁה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** The ***lulav*** is taken **and** the altar is encircled together with the **willow branch** either **six or seven** days, depending on which day of the Festival occurs on Shabbat. The obligation to recite **the** full ***hallel* and the** mitzva of **rejoicing,** i.e., eating the meat of the peace-offering, **is in effect for eight** days, seven days of *Sukkot* and the Eighth Day of Assembly. The mitzva of ***sukka* and** the ritual of **the water libation** on the altar **are** in effect for **seven** days. **The flute** is played in the Temple for **five or six** days, depending on which day of the Festival occurs on Shabbat, to enhance the rejoicing on the Festival.


###### Sukkah 42b:6
[Sukkah 42b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:6)

לוּלָב שִׁבְעָה, כֵּיצַד? יוֹם טוֹב הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל חַג שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בַּשַּׁבָּת — לוּלָב שִׁבְעָה, וּשְׁאָר כׇּל הַיָּמִים — שִׁשָּׁה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna elaborates: The ***lulav*** is taken for **seven** days. **How** so? If **the first day of the Festival occurs on Shabbat,** since the mitzva to take the *lulav* on the first day is a mitzva by Torah law, it overrides Shabbat and one takes the *lulav* that day. As a result, the ***lulav*** is then taken for **seven** days. **And** if the first day occurs on one of the **rest of the days** of the week and one of the other days of the Festival coincides with Shabbat, the *lulav* is taken only **six** days. Since the mitzva to take the *lulav* is a mitzva by rabbinic law throughout the rest of *Sukkot*, it does not override Shabbat.


###### Sukkah 42b:7
[Sukkah 42b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:7)

עֲרָבָה שִׁבְעָה, כֵּיצַד? יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שֶׁל עֲרָבָה שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בַּשַּׁבָּת — עֲרָבָה שִׁבְעָה, וּשְׁאָר כׇּל הַיָּמִים — שִׁשָּׁה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The altar is encircled with the **willow branch** for **seven** days. **How** so? If **the seventh day of** the mitzva of the **willow branch occurs on Shabbat,** since on that day it is a mitzva by Torah law, it overrides Shabbat and the mitzva of the **willow branch** is then performed for **seven** days. **And** if the seventh day occurs on one of the **rest of the days** of the week, and one of the other days of the Festival coincides with Shabbat, since the mitzva of the willow branch is then by rabbinic law and consequently does not override Shabbat, it is performed for only **six** days.


###### Sukkah 42b:8
[Sukkah 42b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:8)

מִצְוַת לוּלָב, כֵּיצַד (בַּשַּׁבָּת)? יוֹם טוֹב הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל חַג שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בַּשַּׁבָּת מוֹלִיכִין אֶת לוּלְבֵיהֶן לְהַר הַבַּיִת, וְהַחַזָּנִין מְקַבְּלִין מֵהֶן וְסוֹדְרִין אוֹתָן עַל גַּבֵּי אִיצְטְבָא, וְהַזְּקֵנִים מַנִּיחִין אֶת שֶׁלָּהֶן בְּלִשְׁכָּה. וּמְלַמְּדִין אוֹתָם לוֹמַר: כׇּל מִי שֶׁמַּגִּיעַ לוּלָבִי לְיָדוֹ — הֲרֵי הוּא לוֹ בְּמַתָּנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**How is the mitzva of *lulav*** fulfilled in the Temple when the first day of the Festival occurs **on Shabbat?** If **the first day of the Festival occurs on Shabbat,** all the people **bring their *lulavim* to the Temple Mount** on Friday. **The attendants receive** the *lulavim* **from them and arrange them on a bench [*itztaba*], while the Elders place their** *lulavim* **in the chamber.** They were given permission to do so due to the concern that they would be injured the following morning in the rush of people in search of their *lulavim*. **And** the court **teaches** the people **to say:** With regard to **anyone whom my *lulav* reaches his possession, it is his as a gift.** They did so to avoid the likely situation where people would inadvertently take *lulavim* that did not belong to them, as on the first day of the Festival one does not fulfill his obligation with a *lulav* that does not belong to him.


###### Sukkah 42b:9
[Sukkah 42b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:9)

לְמָחָר מַשְׁכִּימִין וּבָאִין, וְהַחַזָּנִין זוֹרְקִין אוֹתָם לִפְנֵיהֶם, וְהֵן מְחַטְּפִין וּמַכִּין אִישׁ אֶת חֲבֵירוֹ. וּכְשֶׁרָאוּ בֵּית דִּין שֶׁבָּאוּ לִידֵי סַכָּנָה — הִתְקִינוּ שֶׁיְּהֵא כׇּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד נוֹטֵל בְּבֵיתוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The next day** everyone **rises early and comes** to the Temple, **and the attendants throw** the *lulavim* **before them. And** in the confusion, the people **snatch** the *lulavim* **and** in the process **strike one another. And when the court saw that they came to** potential **danger, they instituted that each and every** person **will take** his *lulav* **in his house** and fulfill the mitzva there.


###### Sukkah 42b:10
[Sukkah 42b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/42b:10)

**גְּמָ׳** אַמַּאי? טִלְטוּל בְּעָלְמָא הוּא, וְלִידְחֵי שַׁבָּת! אָמַר רַבָּה: גְּזֵרָה שֶׁמָּא יִטְּלֶנּוּ בְּיָדוֹ וְיֵלֵךְ אֵצֶל בָּקִי לִלְמוֹד,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** Apropos the prohibition against taking a *lulav* on Shabbat, the Gemara asks: **Why** is this prohibited? After all, taking the *lulav* **is merely moving** the object and is prohibited due to the rabbinic prohibition of set-aside. Since the mitzva to take the *lulav* is a mitzva by Torah law, **let it override** this relatively minor **Shabbat** prohibition. **Rabba said:** This prohibition is **a decree lest one take** the *lulav* **in his hand and go to an expert to learn** how to wave the *lulav* or how to recite its blessing,