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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 Burah 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 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 Burah 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 hieght. <ref>S"A 633:8, 634:1 </ref> | # The minimum measure of a Sukkah is 7 [[Tefachim]] in length by 7 [[Tefachim]] in width and 10 [[Tefachim]] in hieght. <ref>S"A 633:8, 634:1, chazon ovadia succot 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 polls 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>Halichot Shlomo (7:2 , pg 98) </ref> | # If the walls are made of polls 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>Halichot Shlomo (7:2 , pg 98) </ref> | ||
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==Materials for walls of Sukkah== | ==Materials for walls of Sukkah== | ||
# All materials are permissible to be for the walls of a Sukkah (see next halacha). Some say that that a pious person should preferably only use materials that aren't Biblically unfit for S'chach. <ref>S"A 630:1 rules that all materials are permissible. Biur Halacha D"H Kol quotes two reasons that a pious person should be strict only to use materials that not unfit biblically for S'chach, but quotes others who reject this stringency. </ref> | # All materials are permissible to be for the walls of a Sukkah (see next halacha). Some say that that a pious person should preferably only use materials that aren't Biblically unfit for S'chach. <ref>S"A 630:1 rules that all materials are permissible. Biur Halacha D"H Kol quotes two reasons that a pious person should be strict only to use materials that not unfit biblically for S'chach based on the Bach siman 630, but quotes others who reject this stringency. See chazon ovadia succot 1-2 for a list of poskim as well even though he allows the use of these materials. </ref> | ||
# Many authorities hold that plastic curtains (tarp, canvas) are unfit for walls of a Sukkah, while others permit. [This is not because of an issue with the material itself but because of an issue with it blowing in the wind.] <Ref> Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 1-5) and Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurerbach in Halichot Shlomo (Sukkah 7:1 pg 97) hold that plastic curtains that sway in the wind even slightly are unfit for walls of a Sukkah. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein in Sh”t Igrot Moshe 5:40 permits if the curtains are thick and there’s poles. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/764662/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9B'%D7%A4_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA Rav Hershel Schachter] (min 72-80) explains that even though the Chazon Ish was lenient most poskim are strict. Rav Schachter leaves an absolute guideline unclear but in a situation of extreme need one could rely on the Chazon Ish. </ref> | # Many authorities hold that plastic curtains (tarp, canvas) are unfit for walls of a Sukkah, while others permit. [This is not because of an issue with the material itself but because of an issue with it blowing in the wind.] <Ref> Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 1-5) and yabia Omer oc 9:59, and yechave daat 3:46, rav menashe Klein mishnah Halachot 512, rav chaim zonnenfeld in salmat chaim 254 and Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurerbach in Halichot Shlomo (Sukkah 7:1 pg 97) hold that plastic curtains that sway in the wind even slightly are unfit for walls of a Sukkah. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein in Sh”t Igrot Moshe 5:40 permits if the curtains are thick and there’s poles. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/764662/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9B'%D7%A4_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA Rav Hershel Schachter] (min 72-80) explains that even though the Chazon Ish (hilchot eruvin 13:6) was lenient most poskim are strict. Rav Schachter leaves an absolute guideline unclear but in a situation of extreme need one could rely on the Chazon Ish. </ref> | ||
==S'chach of Sukkah== | ==S'chach of Sukkah== | ||
