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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 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 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 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 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 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 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> | ||
# The walls must be built within 3 [[Tefachim]] of the ground. <ref> Halichot Shlomo (7:5, pg 100) </ref> | # The walls must be built within 3 [[Tefachim]] of the ground. <ref> Halichot Shlomo (7:5, pg 100) </ref> | ||
