Mishnayos Sukkah Perek 3 Mishnah 2
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סוכה פרק ג׳ משנה ב׳
A myrtle branch that was stolen or that is completely dry is unfit. A myrtle branch of a tree worshipped as idolatry [asheira] or a myrtle branch from a city whose residents were incited to idolatry is unfit. If the top of the myrtle branch was severed, if the leaves were severed completely, or if its berries were more numerous than its leaves, it is unfit. If one diminished their number by plucking berries so that they no longer outnumbered the leaves, the myrtle branch is fit. But one may not diminish the number on the Festival itself.
הֲדַס הַגָּזוּל וְהַיָּבֵשׁ, פָּסוּל. שֶׁל אֲשֵׁרָה וְשֶׁל עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת, פָּסוּל. נִקְטַם רֹאשׁוֹ, נִפְרְצוּ עָלָיו אוֹ שֶׁהָיוּ עֲנָבָיו מְרֻבּוֹת מֵעָלָיו, פָּסוּל. וְאִם מִעֲטָן, כָּשֵׁר. וְאֵין מְמַעֲטִין בְּיוֹם טוֹב:
Bartenura
נקטם ראשו פסול. ולית הלכתא כסתם מתניתין, אלא כרבי טרפון דאמר לקמן אפילו שלשתן קטומין כשרים:
ענביו. פרי. יש בו שדומה לענבים:
מרובות מעליו פסול. לא שנו אלא שחורות או אדומות, אבל ירוקות מינא דהדס הוא וכשר:
ואין ממעטין אותן ביום טוב. דה״ל מתקן:
נקטם ראשו פסול – But the Halakha is not according to the anonymous Mishnah, but rather according to Rabbi Tarfon who said further on (Tractate Sukkah, Chapter 3, Mishnah 4), that even if all three [of the myrtles/Hadasim] were broken off, they are valid.
ענביו – the fruit that is upon it that is similar to grapes.
מרובות מעליו פסול – they did not teach other those which are black or red, but if they are green, it is a species of the myrtle/Hadas and it is valid.
ואין ממעטין אותן ביו"ט – that he should have repaired them.