📄 May a gentile help build the Sukkah?

Author: Rabbi Yaakov GoldsteinPublished: September 27, 2026
CategoriesChapter 1: Building the Sukkah - The Laws of a Kosher Sukkah

May a gentile even initially help build the Sukkah? Walls: A gentile may help build the walls of the Sukkah.[1] However some[2] write a gentile should not build even the walls of the Sukkah. Sechach: A gentile is not initially to place the Sechach on the Sukkah.[3] If he already

  1. May a gentile even initially help build the Sukkah?

Walls: A gentile may help build the walls of the Sukkah.[1]  However some[2] write a gentile should not build even the walls of the Sukkah.

Sechach: A gentile is not initially to place the Sechach on the Sukkah.[3]  If he already did so, the Sukkah is Kosher.[4]

[1] Bikureiy Yaakov 635:2

[2] Chida in Avodas Hakodesh 24:2

[3] Bikureiy Yaakov 635:2 based on M”A 649:8

[4] 635:1

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