Lulav

Four Species - Practice
... To prepare the species for the mitzvah, the lulav is first bound together with the hadass and aravah (this bundle is also referred to as "the lulav") in the following manner One lulav is placed in the center ... Sephardic Jews place one aravah to the right of the lulav and the second aravah to its left, and cover them with the three hadass boughs—one on the right, the second on the left, and the ...

Lulav - Regulations of The lulav
... A lulav, as with all mitzvah articles (those used to fulfill biblical and rabbinical requirements within Judaism), must meet certain specifications in order to be kosher and permissible to be used to fulfill ... Ideally, a lulav consists of a tightly closed frond of the date palm tree ... To qualify, the lulav must be straight, with whole leaves that lay closely together, and not be bent or broken at the top ...

Four Species - Reciting The Blessing
... To recite the blessing over the lulav and etrog, the lulav is held in one hand and the etrog in the other ... Right-handed users hold the lulav in the right hand and the etrog in the left ... According to the Ashkenazi custom, the lulav is held in the left hand, and according to the Sephardi custom, in the right hand ...

הדס
... hadassim - הדסים) is a branch of the myrtle tree that forms part of the lulav used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot ... The others are the lulav (palm frond), aravah (willow), and etrog (citron) ... Four Species and are bound together with the lulav and aravah ...

Shemini Atzeret - Observances and Customs - Carryover of Sukkot Observances
... Judaism, none of the unique observances of Sukkot (sukkah, lulav and etrog) carry over to Shemini Atzeret ... a holiday in its own right, without sukkah, lulav and etrog ... sleep in the sukkah on the eighth day, nor does one use the lulav and etrog on the eighth day ...