Jewish%20thought for Sukkah 68:4

אמר לו ר' אליעזר יכול יהא אתרוג עמהן באגודה אחת אמרת וכי נאמר פרי עץ הדר וכפת תמרים והלא לא נאמר אלא כפת ומנין שמעכבין זה את זה ת"ל ולקחתם שתהא לקיחה תמה

R. Eliezer said to him: It is possible that the etrog should be bound with them in one bundle, [to this] you can say, is it written, "the fruit of a goodly tree and branches of palmtrees"? It says only, "branches of palm-trees." And from where do we know that lack of fulfillment of one prevents fulfillment of the others? Scripture says, "And you shall take" [implying] that the taking must be complete.

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