was destroyed, R. Jochanan,
the son of Zachai, decreed, "that in the country the palm-branch should be
used seven days, in memory of the Sanctuary." He at the same time also
decreed, "that on the day of the wave-sheaf(261) it should be unlawful to
eat new grain."

13. If the first day of the feast fall on a Sabbath, all the people are to
bring their palm-branches (beforehand) to the Synagogue. In the morning
they come early, and each man must distinguish his own palm-branch, and
take it, for the Sages say, "that a man cannot discharge his duty on the
first day of the feast by means of his neighbor's palm-branch, but on the
other days of the feast he may discharge his duty by means of his
neighbor's palm-branch."

14. R. Jose says, "if the first day of the feast fall on the Sabbath, and
a man forget, and carry his palm-branch out on the public common, he is
absolved, because he carried it out with permission."(262)

15. A woman may receive the palm-branch from the hand of her son, or of
her husband, and put it back into water on the Sabbath. R. Judah says, "on
the Sabbath they may put it back; on the feast they may add water; and on
the middle days they may change the water." A child who knows how to
shake, is bound to shake the palm-branch.

Chapter IV

1. The palm-branch and the willow (were used) for six days and for seven.
The hymn, and the rejoicings, for eight days. The booth and the pouring
out of water for seven days; and the musical pipes for five and for six
days.

2. The palm-branch (was used) for seven days. "How?" "When the first day
of the feast fell on a Sabbath, the palm-branch (was used) for seven days.
Otherwise all the days were six."

3. The willow (was used) for seven days. "How?" "When the seventh day of
the willow happened to fall on a Sabbath, the willow (was used) for seven
days. Otherwise all the days were six."

4. "How was the command for the palm-branch when the first day of the
feast fell on a Sabbath?" "They used to bring their palm-branches to the
mountain of the House, and the inspectors received them, and arranged them
on a bench. But the elders placed theirs in a chamber. And the people were
taught to say, 'Whoever takes my palm-branch in his hand, be it his as a
gift.' On the morrow they came early, and the inspectors spread them
before them. And they used to snatch them and hurt each other. When the
Sanhedrin saw that persons were endangered, it was decreed that every m