Commento su Sukkah 4:7
מִיַּד הַתִּינוֹקוֹת שׁוֹמְטִין אֶת לוּלְבֵיהֶן וְאוֹכְלִין אֶתְרוֹגֵיהֶן:
Immediatamente, i bambini rilasciano il loro lulavim [cioè, gli adulti liberano il lulavim dei bambini dalle loro mani] e mangiano il loro ethrogim. [Gli adulti mangiano gli etrogim dei bambini. E non c'è "furto" in questo, essendo questa la loro abitudine di gioire. Un'altra interpretazione: i bambini gettavano via i loro lulavim e mangiavano i loro etrogim il settimo giorno. Ma gli adulti non mangerebbero il loro tutto il giorno, poiché poiché sono stati messi da parte per una mitzvah per una parte della giornata, sono "messi da parte" (huktzah) per tutto questo.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Sukkah
מיד התינוקות שומטים את לולביהן – the older ones snatch/carry off/steal the Lulavim/palm branches from the hands of the younger children.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sukkah
Immediately after beating the willows (or palm branches) the children undo their lulavs and eat their etrogim. Once the ritual of the aravah was completed, children would immediately undo the ties binding their lulavim together and would immediately eat the etrogim. This seems to encompass two concrete ways of demonstrating that the mitzvah was utterly completed. Once the lulav is untied it is no longer really a lulav it is now just a palm branch, a willow and a myrtle branch. Once the etrog has a bite taken out of it, it can no longer be used on Sukkot.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Sukkah
ואוכלים – the older ones eat the citrons/Etrogim of the younger children, and there isn’t anything like stealing in this matter for such was how they acted out of joy. Another commentary: the little children would cast their Lulavim/palm branches from their hands and eat their Etrogim/citrons on the seventh day, but the older ones would not eat their Etrogim/citrons all that day, since it was designed for a Mitzvah for part of the day, it was designated for a Mitzvah for the entire day.
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