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==Number of walls of the Sukkah== | ==Number of walls of the Sukkah== | ||
# The minimum number of walls necessary for a Sukkah is 3 of length 7 [[Tefachim]]. It's possible to build the third wall without having to complete it but footnote for details. <ref> S"A 630:2 according to the explanation of the Mishna Brurah 630:6 the third wall doesn't have to be a full wall of 7 [[Tefachim]] but must still look like a wall and so it's permissible to build two walls next to each other (say one is from southwest to southeast and the other is southeast to northeast) and then a third wall (from northeast to northwest) constructed with a wall which is more than one Tefach thick within 3 [[Tefachim]] to one of the two other walls (within 3 | # The minimum number of walls necessary for a Sukkah is 3 of length 7 [[Tefachim]]. It's possible to build the third wall without having to complete it but footnote for details. <ref> S"A 630:2 according to the explanation of the Mishna Brurah 630:6 the third wall doesn't have to be a full wall of 7 [[Tefachim]] but must still look like a wall and so it's permissible to build two walls next to each other (say one is from southwest to southeast and the other is southeast to northeast) and then a third wall (from northeast to northwest) constructed with a wall which is more than one Tefach thick within 3 [[Tefachim]] to one of the two other walls (within 3 [[Tefachim]] of the northeast corner) and also a poll at the end of 7 [[Tefachim]] (7 [[Tefachim]] from the northeast corner) and a poll on top of the more than one tefach wall and the poll at the end of 7 [[Tefachim]]. See picture. [[Image:Minimum_sukkah.png | 100px | right]]</ref> | ||
# The minimum measure of a Sukkah is 7 [[Tefachim]] in length by 7 [[Tefachim]] in width and 10 [[Tefachim]] in height. <ref>S"A 633:8, 634:1, chazon ovadia sukkot page 9. </ref> | # The minimum measure of a Sukkah is 7 [[Tefachim]] in length by 7 [[Tefachim]] in width and 10 [[Tefachim]] in height. <ref>S"A 633:8, 634:1, chazon ovadia sukkot page 9. </ref> | ||
# There is no maximum width or length but the maximum height is 20 [[Amot]]. <ref>S"A 633:1, 634:1 </ref> | # There is no maximum width or length but the maximum height is 20 [[Amot]]. <ref>S"A 633:1, 634:1 </ref> | ||
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===Arrangement of the walls=== | ===Arrangement of the walls=== | ||
# If one has two walls facing one another and the third is four | # If one has two walls facing one another and the third is four [[Tefachim]] it must be within 3 [[Tefachim]] of one side and within 3 of the other or at least have a tzurat hapetach to the second side. <ref> S"A 630:3 </ref> | ||
==Building a Sukkah in the street== | ==Building a Sukkah in the street== | ||
