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The Four Species in Ancient Rabbinic Texts
1st–7th Centuries
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The Talmud on the Four Species
And [with regard to the] four [species] of the lulav, [each prevents fulfillment of the mitzvah with the others, as the verse states]: And you shall take…
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The Four Species as Representing the Human Body
R. Mani expounded: All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like you (Psalm 35:10, NJPS)? This verse was only stated with reference to the lulav: the spine of the lulav is like the spine of a person, and…
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The Mishnah on the Four Species
9. And where [in the Hallel service] do they wave [the lulav]? At Give thanks to the Lord (Psalm 118:1), at the beginning and at the end, and at O Lord, deliver us (Psalm 118:25), the words of Beth…