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(א) לולב וערבה, ששה ושבעה. ההלל והשמחה, שמונה. סכה ונסוך המים, שבעה. והחליל, חמשה וששה.

(ב) לולב שבעה כיצד, יום טוב הראשון של חג שחל להיות בשבת, לולב שבעה, ושאר כל הימים ששה.

(ג) ערבה שבעה כיצד, יום שביעי של ערבה שחל להיות בשבת, ערבה שבעה, ושאר כל הימים ששה.


(ד) מצות לולב כיצד, (יום טוב הראשון של חג שחל להיות בשבת), מוליכין את לולביהן להר הבית, והחזנין מקבלין מהן וסודרין אותן על גב האצטבא, והזקנים מניחין את שלהן בלשכה. ומלמדים אותם לומר: כל מי שמגיע לולבי בידו, הרי הוא לו במתנה. למחר משכימין ובאין, והחזנין זורקין אותם לפניהם, והן מחטפין ומכין איש את חברו. וכשראו בית דין שבאו לידי סכנה, התקינו שיהא כל אחד ואחד נוטל בביתו.

(1) The [shaking of the] lulav and the [ritual of the] willow [branches were each done, at times] on six [days of the festival], and [at times] on seven. The [recitation of the] Hallel, and the simchah [the obligation to bring Shelamim sacrifices to the Temple as part of the rejoicing on the three pilgrimage festivals] were each done on eight [days]. The [dwelling in the] sukkah, and the water libations [were each done] on seven [days]. And the flute [was played, at times] on five, and [at times] on six.

(2) How is the [shaking of the] lulav [done] on seven [days]? If the first holy day of the festival falls on Shabbat, the [shaking of the] lulav [is done] on seven [days]; and [if the first holy day of the festival falls on] any of the other days [of the week, the shaking of the lulav is done] on six.

(3) How is [the ritual of] the willow [branches done] on seven? If the seventh day of the willow [ritual] falls on Shabbat, [the ritual of] the willow [branches is done] on seven [days]; and [if it falls on] any of the other days [of the week, it is done] on six.

(4) How is the mitzvah to take the lulav [done] when the first holy day of the festival falls on Shabbat? They would walk their lulavim to the Temple Mount, and the officers would receive [the lulavim] from them and arrange them on top of the colonnade, and the elders would place theirs in the chamber. And they would instruct them [the people] to say, "Anyone whom my lulav comes into his possession, it is thereby his as a gift." The following day they would arise and come, and the officers would throw them [the lulavim] before them, and they would grab them, and people would hurt their fellows [in the scramble]. And when the Beit Din saw that they would come to dangerous circumstances, they established that each person should perform [the mitzvah of] the taking [of the lulav] in his own house.