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 Summary 

 Abayye to Rabbah: Why do we take the lulav on all seven days because of zecher l’mikdash, but we don’t take the aravah at all?

 Rabbah: There’s an aravah taken with the lulav every day.

 Abayye: But that’s taken because of the lulav. It is not picked up twice with different intentions.

 Rav Zvid from Rava: A zecher is made only to the mitzvah of lulav because it is a d’orayso. 

 Challenge: Aravah is d’orayso too:

Abba Shaul: It is written “arvei nachal” in plural, to teach about the two aravos one in the lulav and one taken on its own in the Beis Hamikdash.

 Rabbanan: It is a Halacha L’Moshe MiSinai. As taught (27.4) by Rabbi Asi quoting Rabbi Yochanan from Rabbi Nechunya of bikaas Beis Churson: The law of Ten Saplings [planted within a beis sa’asayim may be plowed up until shvi’is], Aravah, and Nisuch Hamayim are Halacha L’Moshe MiSinai.

 Rav Zvid from Rava: A zecher is made only to the mitzvah of lulav because it is d’orayso on the first day even outside of the Mikdash. 

 Reish Lakish: Kohanim baalei mumin may enter the area between the Ulam and Mizbeach for the mitzvah of aravah [which can only be entered even by kohanim for the purpose of doing the avodah]. 

 Rabbi Yochanan to Reish Lakish: Who permitted such a thing?

 Challenge: Rabbi Yochanan himself! After all, Rabbi Asi quoting Rabbi Yochanan from Rabbi Nechunya of bikaas Beis Churson taught that Aravah is Halacha L’Moshe MiSinai. [So it’s a mitzvah and it would be permitted for kohanim to enter for that purpose]. 

 Resolution: Who says the mitzvah is to surround the mizbeach holding aravos? Perhaps the mitzvah is to surround the mizbeach with aravos (34.5). Who says the mitzvah can be done by baalei mumin, perhaps only by regular Kohanim.