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==Building the Sukkah== | ==Building the Sukkah== | ||
# One should try to begin building the [[sukkah]] immediately after [[Yom Kippur]] so that he goes one from mitzva to another. <ref> Rama 624:5 and 625:1 </ref> | # One should try to begin building the [[sukkah]] immediately after [[Yom Kippur]] so that he goes one from mitzva to another. <ref> Rama 624:5 and 625:1 </ref> | ||
# One should try to personally be involved in the construction of his [[sukkah]]. <ref> Rav Reuven Margolis in Nefesh Chaya 625:1 writes that even one who cannot sit in the [[Sukkah]] for whatever reason and has no male family members that are required to sit in the [[Sukkah]], still should have a [[Sukkah]] built to at least perform the mitzvah of "Building" a [[Sukkah]]. He cites the Gemara Makkot 8a, Shvuot 29a, and Yerushalmi [[Berachot]] 9:3 that a beracha is recited on the construction of a [[sukkah]]. </ref> If one is unable to build a [[Sukkah]] on their own and has someone else do it for them, it is proper to have the one building it to at least leave off a small amount of | # One should try to personally be involved in the construction of his [[sukkah]]. <ref> Rav Reuven Margolis in Nefesh Chaya 625:1 writes that even one who cannot sit in the [[Sukkah]] for whatever reason and has no male family members that are required to sit in the [[Sukkah]], still should have a [[Sukkah]] built to at least perform the mitzvah of "Building" a [[Sukkah]]. He cites the Gemara Makkot 8a, Shvuot 29a, and Yerushalmi [[Berachot]] 9:3 that a beracha is recited on the construction of a [[sukkah]]. </ref> If one is unable to build a [[Sukkah]] on their own and has someone else do it for them, it is proper to have the one building it to at least leave off a small amount of Schach for the owner of the [[Sukkah]] to put up by himself. <ref> Kaf HaChaim | ||
625:11. see also [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=684&txtSearch=build%20succah Rabbi Eli Mansour's Dailyhalacha] for a longer discussion </ref> | 625:11. see also [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=684&txtSearch=build%20succah Rabbi Eli Mansour's Dailyhalacha] for a longer discussion </ref> | ||
# One should especially try to avoid having a non-Jew build his Sukkh, particularly the | # One should especially try to avoid having a non-Jew build his Sukkh, particularly the schach. <ref> Chida in Sefer Kaf Achat 24:2 </ref> | ||
# When one appoints someone else to build their [[Sukkah]], it is proper to say to them "You are my messenger to do this Mitzvah of putting up my [[Sukkah]] and | # When one appoints someone else to build their [[Sukkah]], it is proper to say to them "You are my messenger to do this Mitzvah of putting up my [[Sukkah]] and Schach for the Mitzvah <ref> Kaf HaChaim 625:11 </ref> | ||
==Number of walls of the Sukkah== | ==Number of walls of the Sukkah== | ||
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==When should one build the Sukkah?== | ==When should one build the Sukkah?== | ||
# The pious are careful to build to begin building the [[Sukkah]] on Motzei [[Yom Kippur]] and finish it the next day in order to go from one mitzvah ([[Yom Kippur]]) to another ([[Sukkot]]). <ref>Rama 624:5, | # The pious are careful to build to begin building the [[Sukkah]] on Motzei [[Yom Kippur]] and finish it the next day in order to go from one mitzvah ([[Yom Kippur]]) to another ([[Sukkot]]). <ref>Rama 624:5, Mishna Brurah 624:19, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 118, Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 99 </ref> | ||
# If there is a [[shabbat]] between [[Yom Kippur]] and [[Sukkot]] some poskim say that there is an obligation to build it before that [[shabbat]]. Avnei Nezer 459 writes that this obligation isn't just because of zrizin makdimin limitzvot and therefore it is an obligation. However, the Minchat Elazar 4:55 writes that this is not an obligation but just the preferred option, and this is the conclusion of Yalkut Yosef page 118 and Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 99. </ref> | # If there is a [[shabbat]] between [[Yom Kippur]] and [[Sukkot]] some poskim say that there is an obligation to build it before that [[shabbat]]. Avnei Nezer 459 writes that this obligation isn't just because of zrizin makdimin limitzvot and therefore it is an obligation. However, the Minchat Elazar 4:55 writes that this is not an obligation but just the preferred option, and this is the conclusion of Yalkut Yosef page 118 and Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 99. </ref> | ||
# Preferably, one should build it for himself, but if this isn't possible he should appoint an agent to do it for him and strive to at least take part in the building in some form even if this means missing out on more learning time. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 199, Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 99 </ref> | # Preferably, one should build it for himself, but if this isn't possible he should appoint an agent to do it for him and strive to at least take part in the building in some form even if this means missing out on more learning time. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 199, Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 99 </ref> | ||
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==Covering the Sukkah in case of rain== | ==Covering the Sukkah in case of rain== | ||
# It's permissible to cover the [[Sukkah]] with a plastic tarp to prevent it from getting wet if one places the tarp directly above the | # It's permissible to cover the [[Sukkah]] with a plastic tarp to prevent it from getting wet if one places the tarp directly above the Schach and not a [[tefach]] above the Schach and one has in mind to remove the tarp when one next uses the [[Sukkah]] for the mitzvah. <ref> Sh"t Igrot Moshe 5:39(4) writes that it's permissible to cover the [[Sukkah]] with a plastic sheet on [[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]] without an issue of Boneh by making an Ohel nor the issue of [[muktzeh]]. </ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Holidays]] | [[Category:Holidays]] | ||
[[Category:Sukkot]] | [[Category:Sukkot]] | ||
