R. Yishmael dice: (Debe haber) tres hadasim, dos aravoth, uno lulav y un ethrog —incluso si dos de ellos fueron cortados y uno no. [Esto se refiere a los hadasim. La gemara pregunta: si un hadas cortado es pasul, y se requieren tres, que se requieran tres enteros; y si un hadas cortado es kasher, ¡que tres cortados sean kasher! Y la gemara concluye que R. Yishmael se retractó de su decisión de que se requieren tres hadasim y permitió incluso dos cortados. Y lo mismo (que es kasher) se aplicaría si no los trajo, ya que un hadas cortado se considera inexistente.] R. Tarfon dice: Incluso si (todos) tres fueron cortados, (es kasher) ["Hadar" no se requiere en un hadas. La halajá está de acuerdo con R. Tarfon.] R. Akiva dice: Así como un lulav y un ethrog (son obligatorios), también un hadas y un aravah.
Bartenura on Mishnah Sukkah
אפילו שנים קטומין – it is referring to the myrtles/Hadasim and in the Talmud (Sukkah 34b) it raises the objection if they are broken on the top they are invalid, for it requires three and all of them whole, but if it is broken off, it is valid, even to validate all three of them which are broken on the top. And it finishes that Rabbi Yishmael retrated from the beginning of his words that he would require three Hadasim and validates even two which are broken off at the time. And this is the law if they did not bring them at all that they are broken off, according to the one who does not hold like this.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sukkah
Introduction
In this mishnah the sages debate how many of each of the species he must take.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Sukkah
אפילו שלשתן קטומין – for beauty is not required for the Hadas/myrtle. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Tarfon.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sukkah
Rabbi Ishmael says: three hadasim, two aravot, one lulav and one etrog, even if two [of the hadasim] have their tips broken off and [only] one is whole. According to Rabbi Ishmael, one takes three hadas branches, two branches of aravot, one lulav and one etrog. He probably derives these numbers midrashically from the verses. However, the hadasim need not all be perfect. Two of them may have their tips broken off, as long as the third one does not. The Talmud questions this addendum to Rabbi Ishmael, wondering if a hadas with its tip cut off is valid. If it is, then why must the third one have its tip intact, and if it is not, then why bring two invalid hadasim?
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sukkah
Rabbi Tarfon says: even if all three have their tips broken off. Rabbi Tarfon agrees with Rabbi Ishmael regarding the numbers of each species that must be brought, but he disagrees concerning the tips of the hadasim. He holds that a lulav with its tip broken off is valid.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sukkah
Rabbi Akiva says: just as there is one lulav and one etrog, so too only one hadas and one aravah. Rabbi Akiva disagrees with Rabbi Ishmael concerning the number of each species. According to Rabbi Akiva one must only bring one of each species. The accepted halakhah with regard to the number of each species is according to Rabbi Ishmael.
