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הלכות שופר וסוכה ולולב ד׳Shofar, Sukkah and Lulav 4

Chapter 4 of 8 in Shofar, Sukkah and Lulav — 16 halachot

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Halacha 1א׳

שִׁעוּר הַסֻּכָּה גָּבְהָהּ אֵין פָּחוֹת מֵעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים וְלֹא יָתֵר עַל עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה. וְרָחְבָּהּ אֵין פָּחוֹת מִשִּׁבְעָה טְפָחִים עַל שִׁבְעָה טְפָחִים. וְיֵשׁ לוֹ לְהוֹסִיף בְּרָחְבָּהּ אֲפִלּוּ כַּמָּה מִילִין. הָיְתָה פְּחוּתָה מֵעֲשָׂרָה אוֹ מִשִּׁבְעָה עַל שִׁבְעָה אוֹ גְּבוֹהָה מֵעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה כָּל שֶׁהוּא הֲרֵי זוֹ פְּסוּלָה:

The requisite height of the sukkah (booth) is no less than ten handbreadths and no more than twenty ells. And its [size] is no less than than seven handbreadths on seven handbreadths, but one may add to its size — even several mil. If it was [even] a minimal amount less than ten [in height] or seven on seven [in size] or more than twenty ells, it is surely disqualified.

Halacha 2ב׳

סֻכָּה שֶׁאֵין לָהּ שָׁלֹשׁ דְּפָנוֹת פְּסוּלָה. הָיוּ לָהּ שְׁתֵּי דְּפָנוֹת גְּמוּרוֹת זוֹ בְּצַד זוֹ כְּמִין גַּ"ם עוֹשֶׂה דֹּפֶן שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּרָחְבּוֹ יֶתֶר עַל טֶפַח וּמַעֲמִידוֹ בְּפָחוֹת מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה סָמוּךְ לְאֶחָד מִשְּׁתֵּי הַדְּפָנוֹת וְדַיּוֹ. וְצָרִיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהּ צוּרַת פֶּתַח מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵין לָהּ שָׁלֹשׁ דָּפְנוֹת גְּמוּרוֹת. וּכְבָר בֵּאַרְנוּ בְּהִלְכוֹת שַׁבָּת שֶׁצּוּרַת פֶּתַח הָאָמוּר בְּכָל מָקוֹם אֲפִלּוּ קָנֶה מִכָּאן וְקָנֶה מִכָּאן וְקָנֶה עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַגִּיעַ לָהֶן:

A sukkah that does not have three panels is disqualified. [If] it had two full panels — one besides the other — like a type of gamma — one makes a panel that has more than a handbreadth in width and places it less than three [handbreadths] adjacent to one of the two [existing] panels, and that is enough for it. However, one must [also] make the outline of an entrance for it — since it does not have three full panels. And we have already explained in the Laws of Shabbat that the outline of an entrance mentioned in every place is even a reed from here and a reed from there, and a reed on top of them — even if it does not touch them.

Halacha 3ג׳

הָיוּ לָהּ שְׁתֵּי דְּפָנוֹת זוֹ כְּנֶגֶד זוֹ וּבֵינֵיהֶן מְפֻלָּשׁ. עוֹשֶׂה דֹּפֶן שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּרָחְבּוֹ אַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים וּמַשֶּׁהוּ וּמַעֲמִידוֹ בְּפָחוֹת מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה סָמוּךְ לְאַחַת מִשְּׁתֵּי הַדְּפָנוֹת וּכְשֵׁרָה. וְצָרִיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהּ צוּרַת פֶּתַח. קָנִים הַיּוֹצְאִים מִסְּכַךְ הַסֻּכָּה לִפְנֵי הַסֻּכָּה וְדֹפֶן אַחַת נִמְשֶׁכֶת עִמָּהֶן הֲרֵי הֵן כְּסֻכָּה:

[If] it had two panels — one across from the other — and it was open between them: One makes a panel that has a width of four handbreadths and a minimal amount and places it less than three [handbreadths] adjacent to one of the panels, and it is fit. However, one must [also] make the outline of an entrance for it. [In a case of] reeds that extend from the skhakh (covering) of the sukkah and there is a panel that extends with them, they are surely like a sukkah (and add to the main structure).

…and 11 more halachot in this chapter.

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Mishneh Torah, Torat Emet 363 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

English: Sefaria Edition, tr. R. Francis Nataf, 2019 — CC BY