Commentary for Sukkah 61:16

לא דהא אמר רבא אפילו בסיב ואפילו בעיקרא דדיקלא [ואלא] מאי טעמא דרבי יהודה התם דקא סבר לולב צריך אגד ואי מייתי מינא אחרינא הוה להו חמשה מינין

No. For didn't Rava say [about Rabbi Yehudah's use of the phrase 'with its own species'], "[One can bind the Lulav] even with the vines, and even with the bark, of the palm [which are not beautiful]. Rather, what is the reasoning for Rabbi Yehudah's [statement] there? He had thought, "A Lulav needs binding, and if he brings another species [as binding material], it would be for him five species."

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