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# 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 | # 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 | # One should especially try to avoid having a non-Jew build his Sukkah, 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 Schach for the Mitzvah <ref> Kaf HaChaim 625:11 </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 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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# 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 see 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 | # 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 see 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 pole at the end of 7 [[Tefachim]] (7 [[Tefachim]] from the northeast corner) and a pole on top of the more than one [[tefach]] wall and the pole 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> | ||
# If the walls are made of | # If the walls are made of poles or strings only in the horizontal direction or only in the vertical direction then one must have 4 wall complete walls, however, if there are 3 walls and a [[Tefach]] for the fourth wall it's a doubt whether it's acceptable. <ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo (7:2, p. 98) </ref> | ||
# The walls must be built within 3 [[Tefachim]] of the ground. <ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo (7:5, p. 100) </ref> | # The walls must be built within 3 [[Tefachim]] of the ground. <ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo (7:5, p. 100) </ref> | ||
