## Sukkah Daf 45a

###### Sukkah 45a:1
[Sukkah 45a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/45a:1)

וְכִי לְיַיבְּשָׁן הוּא צָרִיךְ? אֶלָּא אֵימָא: עַל גַּב הָאִיצְטְבָא. אָמַר רַחֲבָא אָמַר (רַב) יְהוּדָה: הַר הַבַּיִת סְטָיו כָּפוּל הָיָה, סְטָיו לְפָנִים מִסְּטָיו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And does he need to dry them?** Clearly, that is not his intention. Why, then, would he place the *lulavim* on the roof? **Rather,** emend your version and **say: On the bench** beneath the roof, in a place designated for that purpose. **Raḥava said** that **Rav Yehuda said: The Temple Mount was a double colonnade [*setav*], a colonnade within a colonnade,** and there was room there to place the *lulavim*.


###### Sukkah 45a:2
[Sukkah 45a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/45a:2)

**מַתְנִי׳** מִצְוַת עֲרָבָה כֵּיצַד? מָקוֹם הָיָה לְמַטָּה מִירוּשָׁלַיִם וְנִקְרָא ״מוֹצָא״, יוֹרְדִין לְשָׁם וּמְלַקְּטִין מִשָּׁם מוּרְבִּיּוֹת שֶׁל עֲרָבָה, וּבָאִין וְזוֹקְפִין אוֹתָן בְּצִדֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, וְרָאשֵׁיהֶן כְּפוּפִין עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. תָּקְעוּ וְהֵרִיעוּ וְתָקְעוּ. בְּכׇל יוֹם מַקִּיפִין אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ פַּעַם אַחַת וְאוֹמְרִים: ״אָנָּא ה׳ הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא, אָנָּא ה׳ הַצְלִיחָה נָּא״. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: ״אֲנִי וָהוּ הוֹשִׁיעָה נָא״. וְאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם מַקִּיפִין אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים. בִּשְׁעַת פְּטִירָתָן מָה הֵן אוֹמְרִים: ״יוֹפִי לְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ, יוֹפִי לְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ!״ רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר: ״לְיָהּ וּלְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ, לְיָהּ וּלְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **How is the mitzva of** the **willow branch** fulfilled? **There was a place below Jerusalem, and it was called Motza. They** would **descend there and gather willow branches [*murbiyyot*] from there. And they** would then **come and stand them upright at the sides of the altar, and** the **tops** of the branches would **be inclined over the top of the altar. They** then **sounded a *tekia*,** a simple uninterrupted blast, **sounded a *terua*,** a broken sound and/or a series of short staccato blasts, **and sounded** another ***tekia*. Each day they** would **circle the altar one time and say: “Lord, please save us. Lord, please grant us success”** (Psalms 118:25). **Rabbi Yehuda says** that they would say: ***Ani vaho*, please save us. And on that day,** the seventh day of *Sukkot*, **they** would **circle the altar seven times. At the time of their departure** at the end of the Festival, **what** would **they say?** It is **beautiful for you, altar;** it is **beautiful for you, altar. Rabbi Elazar said** that they would say: **To the Lord and to you, altar; to the Lord and to you, altar.**


###### Sukkah 45a:3
[Sukkah 45a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/45a:3)

כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ בַּחוֹל כָּךְ מַעֲשֵׂהוּ בַּשַּׁבָּת, אֶלָּא שֶׁהָיוּ מְלַקְּטִין אוֹתָן מֵעֶרֶב וּמַנִּיחִין אוֹתָן בְּגִיגִיּוֹת שֶׁל זָהָב, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִכְמוֹשׁוּ. רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן בְּרוֹקָה אוֹמֵר: חֲרִיּוֹת שֶׁל דֶּקֶל הָיוּ מְבִיאִין, וְחוֹבְטִין אוֹתָן בְּקַרְקַע בְּצִדֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, וְאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם נִקְרָא חִבּוּט חֲרִיּוֹת. מִיַּד תִּינוֹקוֹת שׁוֹמְטִין אֶת לוּלְבֵיהֶן וְאוֹכְלִין אֶתְרוֹגֵיהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna notes: **As its performance during the week, so is its performance on Shabbat; except** for the fact **that they would gather** the branches **from** Shabbat **eve and place them in basins of gold so that they would not dry. Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Beroka says:** There was a unique custom on the seventh day. **They would bring palm branches** to the Temple **and place them on the ground at the sides of the altar, and that** seventh **day** of *Sukkot* **was called:** The day of the **placing of palm branches. Immediately** after fulfilling the mitzva of taking the four species on the seventh day of the festival of *Sukkot*, **children remove their *lulavim*** from the binding **and eat their *etrogim*** as an expression of extreme joy.


###### Sukkah 45a:4
[Sukkah 45a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/45a:4)

**גְּמָ׳** תָּנָא: מְקוֹם קָלָנְיָא הֲוָה. וְתַנָּא דִּידַן מַאי טַעְמָא קָרֵי לֵיהּ ״מוֹצָא״? אַיְּידֵי דְּמִיפָּק מִכְּרָגָא דְמַלְכָּא — קָרֵי לֵיהּ ״מוֹצָא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **It was taught:** Motza, which was mentioned in the mishna, **was** a Roman **military colony [*kelanya*].** The Gemara asks: **And the *tanna*** of **our** mishna, **what is the reason** that **he called it Motza?** The reason is that **since it is exempted from the king’s tax [*karga*], they call it Motza,** meaning removed.


###### Sukkah 45a:5
[Sukkah 45a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/45a:5)

וּבָאִין וְזוֹקְפִין אוֹתָן בְּצִדֵּי כּוּ׳. תָּנָא: רַבּוֹת, וַאֲרוּכוֹת, וּגְבוֹהוֹת אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהוּ גּוֹחוֹת עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אַמָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna continues: **And** after gathering the willow branches, **they** would then **come and stand them upright at the sides** of the altar. **It was taught:** The willow branches were **numerous and long, and eleven cubits high, so that they would lean over the altar** one **cubit.**


###### Sukkah 45a:6
[Sukkah 45a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/45a:6)

אָמַר מָרִימָר מִשּׁוּם מָר זוּטְרָא: שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ עַל הַיְּסוֹד מַנַּח לְהוּ, דְּאִי סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אַאַרְעָא מַנַּח לְהוּ, מִכְּדֵי: עָלָה אַמָּה וְכָנַס אַמָּה — זֶהוּ יְסוֹד. עָלָה חָמֵשׁ וְכָנַס אַמָּה — זֶהוּ סוֹבֵב. עָלָה שָׁלֹשׁ — זֶהוּ מְקוֹם הַקְּרָנוֹת. גּוֹחוֹת עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הֵיכִי מַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לַהּ! אֶלָּא לָאו, שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ אַיְּסוֹד מַנַּח לְהוּ. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Mareimar said in the name of Mar Zutra: Learn from it** that **one places them on the base** of the altar and not on the ground, **as, if it enters your mind that one places them on the ground,** it would pose a difficulty in understanding the mishna. **Now, since** the following is stated with regard to the structure of the altar: The altar **ascended** one **cubit** high **and indented** one **cubit** and **that is** the **base,** and it **ascended five** additional cubits **and indented** one **cubit** and **that is** the **surrounding ledge,** and **it ascended three** additional cubits and **that is the location of the horns** of the altar, as the height of the altar totaled nine cubits; consequently, **where can you find** a case where the willow branches **lean over the altar** one cubit? Due to the indentations, the branches would need to stand inclined. Eleven cubits would not be sufficiently high to lean one cubit over the altar. **Rather, is it not** that one must **conclude from** this that the branches were **placed on the base,** adding a cubit to their height? The Gemara concludes: Indeed, **conclude from it** that it is so.


###### Sukkah 45a:7
[Sukkah 45a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/45a:7)

אָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ: מַאי קְרָאָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אִסְרוּ חַג בַּעֲבוֹתִים עַד קַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ״. אָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: כׇּל הַנּוֹטֵל לוּלָב בְּאִגּוּדוֹ וַהֲדַס בַּעֲבוֹתוֹ, מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִילּוּ בָּנָה מִזְבֵּחַ וְהִקְרִיב עָלָיו קׇרְבָּן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Abbahu said: What is** the **verse** that alludes to the fact that the branches must lean one cubit over the top of the altar? It is **as it is stated: “Encircle [*isru*] with branches on the Festival until the horns of the altar”** (Psalms 118:27), indicating that willow branches should surround the horns of the altar. That is facilitated by standing the branches on the base. The Gemara cites derivations based on different interpretations of the terms in that verse. **Rabbi Abbahu said** that **Rabbi Elazar said:** With regard to **anyone who takes a *lulav* in its binding and a myrtle branch in its dense-leaved** form, **the verse ascribes him** credit **as though he built an altar and sacrificed an offering upon it, as it is stated:**