Study Sukkah folio 29B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
and on account of those who had the ability to reprimand sinners and did not reprimand them; and on account of those who issued a commitment to give charity in public and ultimately do not give the charity to which they committed.
Rav said: On account of 4 matters the property of homeowners is confiscated by the state treasury [timyon]: On account of those who delay payment of the salary of hired laborers (see Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:15); on account of those who withhold the salary of hired laborers and do not pay at
We will return to you, "one who sleeps."
Mishnah: A lulav that was stolen or that is completely dry is unfit for use in fulfilling the mitzva of the 4 species. The lulav of a tree worshipped as idolatry [asheira] and a lulav from a city whose residents were incited to idolatry, which must be burned along with all the city’s property, are
Talmud: The ruling in the Mishnah is that a stolen lulav is unfit. The Talmud posits: The Mishnah teaches this halakha unequivocally, indicating that there is no difference whether the stolen lulav is used on the 1st day of the festival of Sukkot, when taking the 4 species is a mitzva by Torah law,