Q. Shalom Rav. Can one cut an Arovos tree when not needed, or since one uses it for the needs of Yom Tov Sukos it is considered similar to a fruit tree?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is permitted to be cut when the removing the tree is needed.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a