One who is traveling: One who is traveling during the holiday of Sukkos through in an uninhabited area and is sleeping and eating in the fields is exempt from building a Sukkah.[1] However when he arrives to a town, even a town of gentiles, and he desires to eat or […]
Wood Boards
May one use wood boards[1] as Sechach? Wooden planks[2]:[3] All wooden planks which are slightly wide, similar to a table, and is thus fit to support things, is Rabbinically invalid for Sechach.[4] These planks may not even be used to support the Sechach. Boards of 4 Tefach:[5] Boards which are […]
Mitztaer-One who is pain
The laws of Mitztaer: A. General Rule:[1] One is only obligated to dwell in his Sukkah in the same matter that he would dwell in his home. Thus one who is pained to dwell in his Sukkah and through leaving the Sukkah he will be saved from this pain, then […]
Kosher Schach
The general ruling:[1] The following criteria are required for a material to be valid Sechach: The material grows from the ground. The material is currently detached from the ground The material has not been formed into an item which can receive impurity. The reason for this is: It is learned […]
Blessing of Leisheiv BaSukkah
The blessing of Leisheiv Bassukah When is the blessing of Leisheiv said? The blessing of ‘Leishev Basukkah’ is only said when eating a Kebeitza [55 grams] of Mezonos or Hamotzi [within Achilas Peras].[1] It is not said prior to other actions of dwelling such as a set drinking session, or […]
Candles
Candles:[1] One must have light in his Sukkah and thus he is to enter candles in the Sukkah. If there a fire hazard one may not bring it into the Sukkah even if it is made of gold. One may not enter earthenware candles into his Sukkah [due to it […]
Neighbors Sechach hovering over Sukkah
May one eat in a Sukkah which has the Sechach of an upper Sukkah protruding over it? If the bottom Sechach is firm enough to hold a person lying on pillows and blankets: This matter is disputed by Poskim. Some Poskim[1] hold that it does not invalidate the Sechach directly […]
Two story Sukkah
A two story Sukkah:[1] If one built a Sukkah on top of another Sukkah then if the floor of the top Sukkah, which serves also as the Sechach for the top Sukkah, is able to support pillows and blankets [and a person eating and sleeping[2]], then although the top Sukkah […]
Belittling acts
Belittling acts in the Sukkah:[1] One may not do any belittling acts inside the Sukkah. Thus one may not clean the dishes inside the Sukkah, although drinking cups may be washed down. Q&A May one use a Sukkah as a short cut? No. One is not to make […]
Hovering between person and Sechach
A hovering within a Sukkah:[1] A hovering which is a flat[2] handbreadth wide [8 cm.] or contains one Tefach of width within three Tefach of height [see explanation] and has a height of 10 handbreadths [80 cm.] from the ground, then it has the legal status of a tent and […]
