the temporary house in which we live on the holiday of Sukos (Tabernacles) each year
Related tags:schach, dofen-akuma, eating and weather
Questions tagged [sukkah]
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How can the Rambam say there is no argument about sukkah size?
The Rambam says in his introduction to the Mishneh that there is never any argument about things received by tradition, for example that a sukkah is 7 by 7:
ושלא יהיה בחללה פחות משבעה טפחים אורך על שבעה טפחים רוחב
However the gemora (sukkah 7) has…
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May Sukkah walls be made of living things?
I'm at a Shiur and the rabbi said that a sukkah can have walls made of anything even "elephants," but I'm pretty sure he was being facetious. Can anyone provide a source verifying or explaining?
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Sukkah walls...lavod?
I have a new pergola that is at a slant from the house and the floor has an incline. The result of is a gap above the walls between the frame and the schach. How much a gap is permitted between the top of the wall and the actual schach in cm's?
Many…
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How do Rabbis maintain that a sukkah is a דירת עראי?
According to the Gemara the Rabbis maintain that a sukkah is a דירת עראי. There are many contextual indications to this fact within Masechet Sukkah. However, one of the most pointed statements regarding this is in Yoma 10b where it directly…
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Bal Tosif for women eating in sukah on Shmini Atezeret?
It is written in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 666:1 that one may not sit a sukkah on Shemini Atzeret (Simchat Torah in chutz la'aretz) because it looks like bal tosif. Does this also apply to women? Can they transgress bal tosif if the are not…
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Need help explaining this
Can someone help me understand this Rabbi Akiva Eiger on sukkah 17a? Thank you
https://www.sefaria.org/Chiddushei_Rabbi_Akiva_Eiger_on_Sukkah.17a.2?lang=bi
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How much of the roof of a sukkah must be open?
Yesterday, during lunchtime in a sukkah with generous schach, l got into a discussion on the minimum and maximum fraction of the area of the roof of a sukkah that must be sufficiently open that you can see the sky, and how concentrated that fraction…
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Is a permanent sukkah OK?
Some people build permanent sukkot in their backyards. Is this OK? If not, how much of the sukkah must actually be built prior to the holiday?
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Can one use a succa built by a non-Jew?
Can one use a succa built by a non-Jew? If not, how much involvement of a Jew is required to make the succa kosher?
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Living in the sukka
Why should one bring the nicest utensils in the Sukka?
Was the first Sukka [in Sukkot] in the midbar not different?
Is the sukka not a dira arai where we should dwell as a remembrance with big simcha and ha-karat ha-tov?
But what does it has to do…
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Sukka and shemini atzeret havdalah
I am confuse When is succot and shemini atzeret/simkhat torah havdala should be made in diaspora? Should succot havdalah be made at the end of second night?
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Making a Sukka under some shutters on an exterior wall
The shutters aren't open at night. The Sukka is built in such a way as the shutters above it are exactly above only one corner. The shutters are two, of wood and open outward from the window above extending about a meter if they aren't fastened back…
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