Related for Sukkah 64:12
סוף סוף קשיא דשמואל אדשמואל לא דק והיינו לחומרא לא דק דאמר רב הונא אמר שמואל הלכה כרבי טרפון:
Is there not still a difficulty between [the two statements of] Shmuel? He was not precise, and in this case his lack of precision results in a stringency since R. Huna said in the name of Shmuel that the halakhah is according to R. Tarfon.
Tosefta Sukkah
What is the tsaphtsaph? It has leaves serrated like a saw, and such a willow is not valid ; its stem is white and its leaf rounded. A myrtle and a willow which have been lopped, and palms coming out between them, are valid. The size of a myrtle and a willow must be three handbreadths, that of a palm-branch four. Rabbi Tarphon says: In a cubit there are five handbreadths. As for these four kinds of plants, just as nothing must be taken away from them so must nothing be added to them.
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