Babylonian Talmud

Rodkinson 1918 — source 20, scan section 55

What shall be the age of a minor to be considered so ? What Shammai the Elder did when his daughter-in-law gave birth to a son during the Feast of Tabernacles. How the Succah shall be used during the seven days of the festival as a regular domicile, and the house as an occasional abode. How is it when it rains ? Where the finest vessels and utensils must be kept during the time of Tabernacles, and which of the inferior of them are allowed to be kept in the Succah. What R. Joseph did when a wind blew the chips of the covering into the dish, when he was sitting in the Succah, and what Abayi asked him. What an eclipse of the sun means to the whole world. When the sun and the moon are eclipsed, it is an ill omen to the enemies of Israel, so maintains R. Meir. On account of four things the sun is eclipsed. For four things the property of householders becomes annihilated, 33-41 CHAPTER III. MiSHNAS I. to III. The law about the palm branch, the size of it, if it was acquired by test or dried, or if it was from a grove. What R. Huna said to the sellers of myrtles — what they shall do when they buy myrtles of Gentiles. How is the law if a public street is roofed for the purpose of a Succah. What R. Na'hman said to the sages when an old woman com- plained that the exilarch and all the sages of the house of the exilarch are sitting in a robbed Succah. If a citron cannot be found, can it be replaced by a lemon or not ? If the point of the citron was broken off. If the leaves of the palm branch were torn off. How the law is if the "twins" of the Lulab are divided. The prescribed size of a Lulab and a myrtle. How many boughs of myrtle .'' How the law is if a bough of a myrtle has more berries than leaves. If it was a Tzaphtzapha. If a greater number of leaves have dropped off. If the tip has been broken off. If a Lulab must be tied up, and how it shall be tied together with the myrtle and the willow. Of what places must a willow be taken. The difference of opinion between R. Ishmael, R. Tarphon, and R. Aqiba about the prescribed sizes of the Lulab, myrtle, willow, and citron. What Samuel said to the sellers of myrtles, 42-50 MiSHNAS IV. to VII. How is it with a citron which was taken off a tree less than three years old ? What, if it was of Demaif What is the mini- mum size of a small citron and the maximum of a large one ? How is the law if a citron has been peeled and gets the color of a red date ? If it iias a hole. How is an unripe citron ? What makes a citron unbeautiful 1 Tlie Lulab which must be tied with its own kind only, according to R. Jehudah, viH SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS. what is to be called its own kind ? The objection of R. Meir, who relates that the inhabitants of Jerusalem tied a Lulab with gold lace, and what the sages answered to this. What Rabba said to the men who tied the Hosha- noth for the exilarch. How to prevent an intervention between the Lulab and the other things which are to be tied with it. The myrtle bough used for religious duties — may it be smelled, or not ? And hov/ is it with the citron ? With what hands the Lulab and the citron must be handled. Wliy do we pronounce the benediction on the Lulab only ? When must the Lulab be shaken ? How is it to be shaken ? What is the law if one is on the road and has no Lulab ? When is Hallel to be read ? Who must read it ? From what chapters of the Psalms the Hallel is said. What the reader shall say, and what the congregation shall answer in the saying of Hallel. What verses are to be repeated in Hallel, S^-S^ MiSHNAS VIH. to XI. What is the law when one buys a Lulab from a common man in the Sabbatical year. Is a citron equal to a tree in all respects ? Does the fruit of the Sabbatical year become exchanged, if it is done in the manner of buying and selling ? The Sabbatical year holds the money exchanged for its fruits. May both the fruit of Sabbatical year and of second tithe be exchanged for wild game, cattle, and fowl, when they are alive or slaughtered ? How the Lulab was used in the second Temple, and in the country at that time, and what R. Johanan b. Zakkai has ordained after its destruction. When the first day of Tabernacles falls on a Sabbath. What happened to Rabban Gamaliel, R. Elazar b. Azariah, and R. Aqiba when the former bought a citron for a thousand Zuz, and what he did with it. What R. Elazar b. Zadok relates how the custom of the men of Jerusa- lem was. When the Lulab may be put in water, when water may be added, and when it must be changed. At what age a minor has to shake the Lulab, to perform the duties of Tzitzith, Tefilin, and his father to teach him the Torah, and to read with him the Shema, 56-61 CHAPTER IV. MiSHNA L The Lulab and willow to surround the altar were sometimes used on six days, and sometimes on seven days of the festival. The Hallel and the eating of peace-offerings took place on eight days, and the pipes were played on sometimes five, sometimes six days. In which case was the Lulab used seven days ? Whence do we deduce this from the Scriptures ? Why do we use the Lulab seven days in memory of the Temple, and not the wil- low ? Do the Lulab and the willow violate the Sabbath or not ? Can one fulfil the ceremony of the willow with that which is tied to the Lulab? May a man go more than ten Parsaoth on the eve of Sabbath ? . . 62-66 MiSHNAS II. to IV. How was the commandment to take the willow ful- filled in Jerusalem ? What was said when they went around the altar with the willow ? The saying of R. Simeon b. Jochai, that he could exempt the whole world from the day of judgment, since he was born till that time, etc. Must the benediction on the Lulab be pronounced all the seven days, or on the first day only ? Shall the benediction of the time be pronounced with the Lulab and the Succah, and when ? Come and see : The usages of the Holy One, blessed be He, are not as the usages of human beings. Can the citron be eaten during the seven days, or on the eighth day only ? The difference SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS. ix of opinion between the Tanaim and Amoraim, if the ceremony of the willow is based upon a tradition of the prophets, or it is only a custom of theirs. Must the benediction of the time be pronounced on the eighth day of the Tabernacles, which is a separate holiday ? The Hallel and the enjoying of the peace-offerings were for eight days. How so ? How was the pouring out of the water ? Why the people called out to him who poured out the water: " Raise thy hand." Why were the holes of the two silver basins of which the wine and water were poured out not equal in size? The saying of R. Elazar, that the doing of charity is greater than all the sacrifices. Charity