Chapter 22
General Principles Relating to Muktzeh on Shabbath and Yom Tov
MUKTZEH MEI-CHAMATH MITZVA
30.a. On a day of Sukkoth which occurs on Shabbath,
1) it is forbidden to move the lulav, the aravoth or the hadassim, but
2) one may move the ethrog, since it is permitted to inhale its scent on Shabbath.
30.b. On the other days of Sukkoth, including the intermediate days, one may not derive benefit from any of the four species by using it for the purpose for which it is
principally intended (other than the performance of the mitzva).
1) a) Consequently, one may not on Sukkoth deliberately inhale the scent of a hadass which forms part of the arba’a minim, since the only benefit one can normally derive from it is to inhale its scent.
b) The reasoning behind this prohibition is that, by using the hadass in the performance of the mitzva, one put out of one’s mind all thought of using it to inhale its scent.
2) a) Similarly, one may not on Sukkoth eat an ethrog which one uses as part of the arba’a minim, even after one has performed the mitzva with it.
b) The reason is that, by using the ethrog in the performance of the mitzva, one put out of one’s mind all thought of eating it.
c) It is also desirable-except on Shabbath-to refrain from deliberately inhaling its scent on Sukkoth (since there is an unresolved difference of opinion among the authorities as to whether one should recite a blessing when doing so).
31.a. One should not use a shofar on Rosh Hashana for any purpose other than the fulfillment of the mitzva of blowing it.
31.b. On Shabbath (including a Shabbath on which Rosh Hashana happens to fall), a shofar is treated as a keli she-melachto le-issur and may therefore be moved in the circumstances set out in Chapter 20, paragraph 7.
