Quoting%20commentary for Sukkah 3:11

מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לִכְפֹּל, יִכְפֹּל. לִפְשֹׁט, יִפְשֹׁט. לְבָרֵךְ אַחֲרָיו, יְבָרֵךְ אַחֲרָיו. הַכֹּל כְּמִנְהַג הַמְּדִינָה. הַלּוֹקֵחַ לוּלָב מֵחֲבֵרוֹ בַשְּׁבִיעִית, נוֹתֵן לוֹ אֶתְרוֹג בְּמַתָּנָה, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין רַשַּׁאי לְלָקְחוֹ בַשְּׁבִיעִית:

In those places where it is the custom to double [each verse, from "Odechah" down, until the end of the Hallel], he doubles it, [for that entire section from "Hodu" until "Odechah" is all doubled (stylistically) in Scripture; and from "Odechah" down it is not doubled, for which reason they were wont to double those (latter) verses.] (In those places where it is the custom to bless at its conclusion, he blessed at its conclusion — all according to the custom of the place. [But the introductory blessing of Hallel is a mitzvah everywhere and is not subject to custom.] If one buys a lulav from his neighbor [an am ha'aretz (an unlearned person)] on shevi'ith (the sabbatical year), he gives him the ethrog as a gift, for it is not permitted to buy it on shevi'ith. [For an am ha'aretz is suspect vis-à-vis shevi'ith. Though he may pay him for the lulav, the lulav being merely a kind of tree-growth, which is not subject to the sanctity of shevi'ith, he may not pay him for the ethrog. For the fruits of shevi'ith must be removed on shevi'ith — they and their monies. Therefore, he must take the ethrog from him as a gift and not give him money for it, lest the am ha'aretz fail to remove it in the sanctity of shevi'ith.]

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