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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 650
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<b>שיעור הדס וערבה. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>שיעור הדס וערבה ג' טפחים ושדרו של לולב ד' טפחים כדי שיהיה שדרו של לולב יוצא מן ההדס טפח באמה בת ה' טפחים עשה אותה ו' צא מהם ג' להדס נמצא שיעור הדס וערבה טפחיים ומחצה שהם י' גודלים ושיעור שדרו של לולב י"ג גודלים ושליש גודל ויש מי שאומר ששיעור שדרו של לולב י"ד גודלים וי"א ששיעור הדס וערבה י"ב גודלים ושדרו של לולב ט"ז גודלים (וכן נוהגין לכתחלה):
The Required Measurements for the Myrtle and Willow, 2 Seifim: The minimum size for myrtle and willow is three tefachim. For the spine of the lulav, it is four tefachim, such that the spine of the lulav extends one tefach beyond the myrtle. [The tefach we are talking about can be gotten by] taking an amah of five tefachim and dividing it into six, using three for the myrtle. The measure of the myrtle and willow ends up being 2.5 [normal] tefachim, which is ten godels. The measure of the spine of the lulav is thirteen and a third godels. There is one who says that the minimum size of the lulav spine is fourteen godels. And there are those who say that the minimum size of the myrtle and willow is twelve godels and the minimum size of the lulav spine is sixteen godels (and we do this, initially).
אין להם שיעור למעלה ויש מי שאומר שאפילו הוסיף באורך ההדס והערבה כמה צריך שיצא שדרו של לולב למעלה מהם טפח:
They have no maximum size. There is one who says that if you add to the length of the myrtle and willow, the spine of the lulav must extend one tefach beyond them.
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