Commentary for Sukkah 68:5

ורבי ישמעאל מה נפשך אי שלימין בעי ליבעי נמי כולהו אי לא בעי שלימין אפי' חד נמי לא אמר ביראה א"ר אמי חזר בו רבי ישמעאל

As for R. Ishmael, what does he hold? If he requires that the hadasim be whole, why should he not demand that they all be whole, and if he does not require that they be whole why should even one [have to be whole]? Bira'ah said in the name of R. Ammi: R. Ishmael changed his mind.

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