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and in doing so carry it 4 cubits in the public domain, thereby violating a severe Torah prohibition. And that is the reason for the prohibition against sounding the shofar on Shabbat, and that is the reason for the prohibition against reading the Scroll of Esther when Purim coincides with Shabbat.
The Talmud asks: If so, on the 1st day of Sukkot that coincides with Shabbat too one should not take the lulav due to this concern. The Talmud answers: With regard to the first day, the rabbis instituted that one should take the 4 species in his house. Since the rabbis already prohibited one from
Rather, the Talmud rejects the previous explanation and explains the distinction differently. On the first day, when the mitzva of taking the lulav even in the outlying areas and not just in the Temple is in effect by Torah law, the rabbis did not issue a decree to prohibit taking the lulav on the
The Talmud asks: If it is so that the mitzva on the 1st day is a mitzva by Torah law even in the outlying areas, today too one should take the lulav on the 1st day of Sukkot that coincides with Shabbat. The Talmud answers: We do not know when precisely the establishment of the month was determined b
The Talmud answers: Yes, it is indeed so, and that is their practice, as it was taught in one Mishnah: On the 1st day of the Festival that occurs on Shabbat, all the people bring their lulavim to the Temple Mount on Friday. And we learned in another Mishnah: They bring their lulavim to the synagogu