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==Building the Sukkah== | ==Building the Sukkah== | ||
# One should try to begin building the sukkah immediately after Yom Kippur so that he goes one from mitzva 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 mitzva 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 | # 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 Sechach for the owner of the Sukkah to put up by himself. <ref> Kaf HaChaim | ||
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 Sechach 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 Sukkh, particularly the sechah. <ref> Chida in Sefer Kaf Achat 24:2 </ref> | # One should especially try to avoid having a non-Jew build his Sukkh, particularly the sechah. <ref> Chida in Sefer Kaf Achat 24:2 </ref> | ||
