Beautifying Observance of the Commandments
[This is my God] and I will glorify Him (Exodus 15:2). R. Ishmael says: And is it possible for a man of flesh and blood to add glory to his Creator? It simply means: I shall be beautiful before Him in observing the commandments. I shall prepare before Him a beautiful Lulab, a beautiful Sukkah, beautiful fringes, and beautiful phylacteries.
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m. Sukkah 1–2 (selections)
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The Talmud on the Four Species
b. Menaḥot 27a|b. Sukkah 37b
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Leviticus Rabbah 30:14
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The Mishnah on the Four Species
m. Sukkah 3:9, 12
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