Commentary for Sukkah 72:2

גדלו בדפוס ועשאו כמין בריה אחרת פסול אמר רבא לא שנו אלא כמין בריה אחרת אבל כברייתו כשר פשיטא כמין בריה אחרת (תנן) לא צריכא דעבידא דפי דפי

If it was grown in a cast, so that it has the appearance of another species, it is invalid Rava said: They taught this only in the case where it has the appearance of another species but if it has its natural shape it is valid. But is this not obvious, seeing that it was taught: the appearance of another species! It was necessary only in a case where it was cast in the shape of planks joined together.

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