Obstruction for the Four Species
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Question
The halachic page noted that rings are an obstruction for taking the Four Species. In the Mishnah Berurah, it is written that they are taken with tefillin and are not an obstruction.
Answer
Shalom Rav
The law regarding rings is the same as for tefillin, which the Rema instructed to be stringent and remove them from the hand before taking the lulav.
And the Mishnah Berurah writes to be concerned that by law they are obstructions, therefore if one took without removing the tefillin or rings, he should take again without a blessing.
Source
Rema Orach Chaim, Siman 651, Seif 7
And it is customary to be stringent to remove the tefillin and rings from the hand, but by law, there is no concern since the entire hand is not covered by them.
Mishnah Berurah there, Seif Katan 36.