If the lulav spine ends in two tiyomet leaves and the spine splits between them, is it invalid?
Synopsis
The Mishnah Berurah addresses the case where the spine ends in two leaves rather than three, noting that both have the status of tiyomet, and splitting of either one invalidates.
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