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See also Rashi ([[Sukkah]] 11a s.v. pesula). Rambam ([[Sukkah]] 5:1) and Shulchan Aruch 629:1 codify this as halacha. Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 123 and Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 14 concur. </ref> All of these examples are biblical invalidations.<ref>Biur Halacha 629 s.v. Tzomech</ref> | See also Rashi ([[Sukkah]] 11a s.v. pesula). Rambam ([[Sukkah]] 5:1) and Shulchan Aruch 629:1 codify this as halacha. Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 123 and Chazon Ovadia [[Sukkot]] page 14 concur. </ref> All of these examples are biblical invalidations.<ref>Biur Halacha 629 s.v. Tzomech</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> | # 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> 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> | # In order for Schach to be kosher it must grow from the ground.<ref>S"A 629:1</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> | |||
# Nylon or plastic curtains are not kosher for sechach because they do not grow from the ground.<Ref> Chazon Ovadia Sukkot pg. 15, Shu"t Shevet Halevi 4:57 </ref> Neither is glass for the same reason. <Ref> Chazon Ovadia Sukkot pg. 15, Bikkurei Yaakov 632:7 </ref> | |||
# Fresh plants that will dry up and fall down in the middle of Sukkot are 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> | # Fresh plants that will dry up and fall down in the middle of Sukkot are 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> | ||
# A tree branch whose leaves will continually fall off during Sukkot is unfit since it might cause a person to leave the Sukkah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 629:14, Magen Avraham 629:15, Kaf Hachaim 639:81</ref> | # A tree branch whose leaves will continually fall off during Sukkot is unfit since it might cause a person to leave the Sukkah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 629:14, Magen Avraham 629:15, Kaf Hachaim 639:81</ref> | ||
# Paper is not usable for sechach even though it comes from trees which grow from the ground and even though it is not susceptible to impurity, because its form is changed and doesn't appear to be something that grew from the ground.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Sukkot pg. 16, </ref> One may however use paper for decorating the sechach.<ref>Chazon Ovadia Sukkot pg. 16 Shu"t Minchat Shlomo 3:151</ref> | |||
===Attached to the Ground=== | ===Attached to the Ground=== | ||
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==Positioning of the S'chach== | ==Positioning of the S'chach== | ||
# If the [[schach]] of the [[sukkah]] was placed on a slant, the [[sukkah]] is still kosher. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 631:10 </ref> | # If the [[schach]] of the [[sukkah]] was placed on a slant, the [[sukkah]] is still kosher. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 631:10 </ref> | ||
==Links== | |||
[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/841753/rabbi-zvi-sobolofsky/pasul-s-chach/ Pasul Schach] by Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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