(Lev. 23:40:) “And you shall take for yourselves on the first day,” and even on the Sabbath. [Indeed] during the time that the Temple was standing, [the people] took up [their lulavim on the Sabbath], but now the later sages have decreed for them not to take up [lulavim] on the Sabbath, lest one goes to the legal expert to learn [about the matter], and [it cause] him to carry it four cubits in the public domain. The same also [holds true] in regard to a shofar and a scroll [of Esther].
Even on the Sabbath.. 30 8 Prk 27 8. During the Time That the Temple
Midrash Tanchuma, Emor 21