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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 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 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> | ||
# If the walls of the sukkah are 10 tefachim tall, but they do not reach up to the sechach, the sukkah is kosher as long as the walls are lined up with the roof or within 3 tefachim, based on the principle of gud asik mechitzta.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Sukkot pg. 12 </ref> | |||
# Walls of the sukkah that are made by placing poles within 3 tefachim of each other are kosher walls because of the principle of lavud. This is true whether the poles are placed horizontally or vertically.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Sukkot pg. 5-6 </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 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> | # 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), Chazon Ovadia Sukkot pg. 12 </ref> | ||
===Arrangement of the walls=== | ===Arrangement of the walls=== | ||
