ז נִטַּל דַּדּוֹ, וְהוּא הָרֹאשׁ הַקָּטָן שֶׁשּׁוֹשַׁנְתּוֹ בּוֹ, פָּסוּל. הַגָּה: וְיֵשׁ מַחְמִירִין אִם נִטְּלָה הַשּׁוֹשַׁנְתָּא, דְּהַיְנוּ מַה שֶׁאָנוּ קוֹרִין פִּטְמָא (רַ"ן), וְטוֹב לְהַחְמִיר בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר, מִיהוּ לְעִנְיַן דִּינָא אֵין לִפְסֹל אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן נִטַּל הַדַּד, דְּהַיְנוּ הָעֵץ שֶׁרֹאשׁ הַפִּטְמָא עָלָיו; וְהָרֹאשׁ נִקְרָא: שׁוֹשַׁנְתָּא (הַמַּגִּיד); וְכָל זֶה דַּוְקָא בְּנִּטְּלָה, אֲבָל אִם לֹא הָיָה לוֹ דַּד מֵעוֹלָם, כָּשֵׁר, וְכֵן רֹב הָאֶתְרוֹגִים שֶׁמְּבִיאִים בִּמְדִינוֹת אֵלּוּ (הָרֹא"שׁ).
7 If its tip, which is the small head that holds the shushanta, is removed, it is invalid. Rema: Some are stringent [and invalidate] if the shushanta is removed, that which we call the pitma (Ra"n), and it is good to be stringent where possible. However, legally it is not invalid unless the head is removed, which is the wood that the pitma head sits on, and this head is called the shushanta (the Maggid). This all specifically refers to cases where it was removed. However, if there never was a tip, it is valid, as is the case with most etrogs that are brought to these countries (Ros"h).