Jerusalem, but if it be taken it is allowed.

6. If a stain spread over the greater part (of the citron), if it have
lost its crown, or its rind be peeled off, or if it be split, or bored, or
if ever so little be wanting, it is disallowed. If a stain be spread over
the smaller part of it, if it have lost its stalk, or if it be bored so
that no part however small be wanting, it is allowed. A dusky citron is
disallowed. A leek green one R. Meier "allows," but R. Judah "disallows
it."

7. "What is the (legal) size of a small citron?" R. Meier says "like a
nut." R. Judah says "like an egg." "And of a large citron?" "That one can
hold two in his hand," the words of R. Judah. But R. Jose says, "One if
(it must be held) in two hands."

8. "They must only tie the palm-branch with its own kind," the words of R.
Judah. But R. Meier says, "even with twine." R. Meier said, "it happened
that the men of Jerusalem tied their palm-branches with gold thread." The
Sages said to him, "underneath they tied them with their own kind."

9. "When did they shake the palm-branch?" At the beginning and ending of
"Oh, give thanks unto the Lord,"(254) and at "Save now, I beseech Thee, O
Lord,"(255) the words of the school of Hillel. But the school of Shammai
say, "also at 'O Lord, I beseech Thee,' send now prosperity."(256) R.
Akivah said, "I watched Rabban Gamaliel and R. Joshua; and when all the
people shook their palm-branches, they only shook theirs at 'Save now, I
beseech Thee.' " If one be on the road, and have no palm-branch with him,
he must, when he gets home, shake it at his table. If he have not done it
in the morning, he must do it toward evening, as the whole day is allowed
for the palm-branch.

10. If the hymns(257) be read to a man by a slave, or a woman, or a
child,(258) he must repeat after them what they read, but it is a
disgrace(259) to him. If a grown-up man read it to him, he must repeat
after him, Hallelujah.

11. In a place where it is the custom to repeat,(260) a man must repeat;
to simply read, a man must simply read; to bless after the palm-branch, a
man must bless. In every case according to the custom of the country. If a
person buy a palm-branch from his neighbor during the Sabbatical year, he
must give him a citron as a gift, for it is not permitted to buy a citron
during the Sabbatical year.

12. At first the palm-branch was used in the Sanctuary seven days, and in
the country one day. But after the Sanctuary