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20 + years known for the nicest hadasim  בריסקר הדסים- checked & packaged personally by. yeshiva world news- the hadasim scandall- solution -buy shain's hadasim only. alert – the great haddasim scam – a halachic an*lysis and warning. (by rabbi yair hoffman for the five towns jewish times) “psst..  hey buddy, wanna buy some arba minim? i got lulavs, watchout, however, you may be purchasing something that chazal call, “fools’ hadas*im.” most people know that the nickname for iron pyrite is “fools’ gold.”  few people, however, know that there are non-kosher hadas*im out there called “fools’ hadas*im” or rather, in the hebrew – “hadas shoteh.” it is one of the scandals having to do with the haddasim that has not really been adequately addressed. when “photocopied mezuzos” were being sold at jewish seforim stores and judaica shops – the sofrim and rabbonim got together and pulled the plug on it. when falsified kosher certifications were printed on non-kosher cheese in canada this past summer yet for some reason, the non-triple leaved haddasim scam has never really been fully revealed or addressed. by the way, the hadas or myrtle is a woody, evergreen plant with essential oils that is indigenous to the mediterranean area. what is the hadas*im scam? it is a fact that is only whispered among talmidei chachomim, but many, many of the hadas*im that are sold are not kosher – and never were. most of the haddasim being sold are unkosher, because they do not fit the halachic requirement of meshulashim – three leaves emerging from the same circu*ference of the twig.  indeed, even some of the pre-packaged hadas*im with a hechsher from a badatz are invalid and in these cases it is almost impossible to check them because the packages are closed and cannot be the gemorah in sukkah 32b explains that the word “avos” used to describe the hadas plant means that the leaves are braided. in order for something to be considered braided – three strands are required.