This Sugya focuses on defining Hiddur Mitzvah, literally translated to mean “beautifying a Mitzvah.”  The term "Hiddur Mitzvah" is most frequently used to refer to beautifying the items with which the Mitzvah is performed; for example, purchasing a nice Tallis, using beautiful Daled Minim, honoring Shabbos and Yom Tov with elaborate Seudos, beautiful clothing, silver goblets, etc. 

However, there is another element of Hiddur Mitzvah –  beautifying and enhancing the manner in which it is performed.   This is culled from the Gemara in Maseches Shabbos that describes how to perform a Bris Milah in the most Mehudar fashion.  (The Mitzvah of Bris Milah is found in the Parshas – Lech Lecha.)

Some examples of this type of Hiddur:

•                 Limiting eating on Erev Pesach in order to have an appetite for the Mitzvah of Achilas Matzah.
•                 Tying the lulav together with the Aravos and Hadassim into a single bundle.
• ·                     A more Mehudar Esrog (according to all Halachic opinions) vs a more aesthetically beautiful Esrog.
• ·                     Beautifying a mitzvah when no one will actually see the beauty (for example, Mehudar Parshiyos of Tefillin).
•                 And much more