ה הֲדַס שֶׁנִּקְטַם רֹאשׁוֹ כָּשֵׁר. נָשְׁרוּ רֹב עָלָיו אִם נִשְׁתַּיְּרוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה עָלִין בְּקֵן אֶחָד כָּשֵׁר. הָיוּ עֲנָבָיו מְרֻבּוֹת מֵעָלָיו אִם יְרֻקּוֹת כָּשֵׁר וְאִם אֲדֻמּוֹת אוֹ שְׁחוֹרוֹת פָּסוּל. וְאִם מִעֲטָן כָּשֵׁר. וְאֵין מְמַעֲטִין אוֹתָן בְּיוֹם טוֹב לְפִי שֶׁהוּא כִּמְתַקֵּן. עָבַר וְלִקְּטָן אוֹ שֶׁלִּקְּטָן אֶחָד אֶחָד לַאֲכִילָה הֲרֵי זֶה כָּשֵׁר:
5 A myrtle the head of which was clipped is fit. [In a case in which] most of its leaves shed: If three leaves remained in one node, it is fit. [In a case in which] its berries were more than its leaves: If [the berries] were green, it is fit. If they were red or black, it is disqualified. If [alternatively,] he reduced them (by cutting them off), it is fit. But we may not reduce them on a holiday, since it is like fixing. [If] one transgressed and picked them, or he picked them to eat one by one, it is surely fit.