Mitzvah #118 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles“
Scripture Reference: LEV 23:40 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Emor)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
מ וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן, פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים, וַעֲנַף עֵץ-עָבֹת, וְעַרְבֵי-נָחַל; וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם, לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם--שִׁבְעַת יָמִים.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
40 καὶ λήμψεσθε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πρώτῃ καρπὸν ξύλου ὡραῖον καὶ κάλλυνθρα φοινίκων καὶ κλάδους ξύλου δασεῖς καὶ ἰτέας καὶ ἄγνου κλάδους ἐκ χειμάρρου εὐφρανθῆναι ἔναντι κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Emor
Sefer HaChinuch Number #324
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Times (Buch 3)
Section: Shofar, Sukkar, and Lulav
Systematic Category (P119f) Appointed Times