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# One should try to begin building the [[sukkah]] immediately after [[Yom Kippur]] so that he goes one from one mitzvah 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 one mitzvah 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 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> | # 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> | ||
# Although it is permitted for any person to place the [[schach]] <ref> Shulchan Aruch 635:1 </ref>, it is preferable to be stringent and have an adult Jewish male place it on the [[sukkah]]. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 635:8, Chida in Sefer Kaf Achat 24:2 </ref> | # Although it is permitted for any person to place the [[schach]] <ref> Shulchan Aruch 635:1 </ref>, it is preferable to be stringent and have an adult Jewish male place it on the [[sukkah]]. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 635:8, Chida in Sefer Kaf Achat 24:2 </ref> Others hold that it is totally permitted to have women or children put up a sukkah.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Sukkot p. 64)</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== | ||
