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# Many authorities hold that plastic curtains (tarp, canvas) are unfit for walls of a Sukkah, while others permit. <Ref> Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 1-5) and Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurerbach in Halichot Shlomo (Sukkah 7:1 pg 97) hold that plastic curtains that sway in the wind even slightly are unfit for walls of a Sukkah. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein in Sh”t Igrot Moshe 5:40 permits if the curtains are thick and there’s poles. </ref> | # Many authorities hold that plastic curtains (tarp, canvas) are unfit for walls of a Sukkah, while others permit. <Ref> Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 1-5) and Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurerbach in Halichot Shlomo (Sukkah 7:1 pg 97) hold that plastic curtains that sway in the wind even slightly are unfit for walls of a Sukkah. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein in Sh”t Igrot Moshe 5:40 permits if the curtains are thick and there’s poles. </ref> | ||
==Sachach of Sukkah==(siman 629) | ==Sachach of Sukkah== | ||
(siman 629) | |||
# attached to ground | # attached to ground | ||
# mekabel tumah | # mekabel tumah | ||
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# very thick sachach (siman 631) | # very thick sachach (siman 631) | ||
# very thin sachach | # very thin sachach | ||
# One must ensure that one's Sukkah is under the open sky and | # One must ensure that one's Sukkah is under the open sky and not beneath a tree, roof of a house, or a porch. <ref> Rama 626:1, Mishna Brurah 626:1, Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 11). </ref> | ||
==When should one build the Sukkah?== | ==When should one build the Sukkah?== | ||
