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# Material that is grown from the ground but is completely changed from its original form is unfit. <ref>Rambam ([[Sukkah]] 5:4)</ref> For example, paper and cardboard are unfit for [[Schach]]. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 629:14. Minchat Shlomo 112 entertains both the possibility that paper is unfit because it is changed from its original form and because perhaps it is susceptible to impurity.</ref> This is a rabbinic invalidation.<ref>Mishna Brurah 629:12</ref> | # Material that is grown from the ground but is completely changed from its original form is unfit. <ref>Rambam ([[Sukkah]] 5:4)</ref> For example, paper and cardboard are unfit for [[Schach]]. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 629:14. Minchat Shlomo 112 entertains both the possibility that paper is unfit because it is changed from its original form and because perhaps it is susceptible to impurity.</ref> This is a rabbinic invalidation.<ref>Mishna Brurah 629:12</ref> | ||
===Grow from the Ground=== | ===Grow from the Ground=== | ||
# In order for Schach to be kosher it must grow from the ground.<ref>S"A 629:1</ref> If it is fresh plants that will dry up and fall down in the middle of Sukkot it is unfit even for the beginning of Sukkot. <Ref>Rama 639:12, Magen Avraham 629:13</ref>Similarly, if the plants cover a majority while they are fresh and they will dry up in the middle of Sukkot and cover a minority of the Sukkah that is also an issue even for the beginning of Sukkot.<ref>The Levush 629:12 writes that if the fresh plants cover a majority only while they are fresh and they will dry up and cover a minority of the Sukkah that is an issue. However, the Pri Megadim (E"A 629:13) questions him and points out that perhaps this is only a rabbinic concern. Kaf Hachaim 629:73 is concerned for the Levush.</ref> | |||
# Metal, dirt, and animal hides are unfit for [[S'chach]] as they do not grow from the ground. <ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama 629:1, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 123, Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 14 </ref> | # Metal, dirt, and animal hides are unfit for [[S'chach]] as they do not grow from the ground. <ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama 629:1, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 123, Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 14 </ref> | ||
===Attached to the Ground=== | ===Attached to the Ground=== | ||
# Branches attached to a tree which is still attached to the ground is not fit for [[schach]]. Therefore, if one build one's [[Sukkah]] underneath a tree, and then decided to detach them from the tree one must shake each branch by lifting and placing back down. Otherwise it is not kosher, as this is a problem of taaseh vilo min ha'asuy. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 123, Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 33. </ref> | # Branches attached to a tree which is still attached to the ground is not fit for [[schach]]. Therefore, if one build one's [[Sukkah]] underneath a tree, and then decided to detach them from the tree one must shake each branch by lifting and placing back down. Otherwise it is not kosher, as this is a problem of taaseh vilo min ha'asuy. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 123, Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 33. </ref> | ||
