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Chayei Adam - K’lal 146 - Laws of the Succah

]5[ One who builds his succah inside a house in the corner [using] the eastern
wall and the southern wall, it comes out that he only has two walls. [Although]
above lie the beams of the house and one might say the edge of the roof
descends and seals, this is not sufficient to be considered a third wall. Rather he
should put a pole at two ends under the beam and it will be considered a tzuras
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]6[ The height of the walls must be no less than ten tefachim from the
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ground. If the boards are not that tall, he should erect them within three
tefachim of the ground or within three tefachim of the s'chach, so that we can say
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they are lavud. If however there is three tefachim of air between them [and the

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26. The gemara (Succah 18a) describes succah. Although the halacha of pi tikrah
the case of a courtyard surrounded by yored v’soseim doesn’t apply, the gemara
buildings which have an overhanging roof in qualifies that if there are pillars placed around
front of it, extending more than four amos the perimeter of the succah, it is kosher if they
away from the building. (If the roof measures are within three tefachim of each other.
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less than four amos, then the rule of dofen Tosfos and the Rosh however disagree. They
akuma applies and we view the overhang as understand that the gemara is discussing a
an extension of the wall. See further siman 20) case where the succah has two full walls
If one then covers the uncovered area of the forming an ‘L’ shape. On the third side, the
courtyard with s’chach, Abayei rules that it is a wall is distanced from the s’chach by an
kosher succah since we employ the rule of ‘pi overhang measuring more than four amos.
tikrah yored v’soseim’ - that we view the edge Although Rava maintains that we don’t apply
of the roof as descending downward and the rule of pi tikrah yored v’soseim, if there are
enclosing the area. Rava however disagrees. pillars placed within three tefachim of each
He contends that since the roof is meant to other to support the roof, the succah is valid.
cover the area outside the succah, the halachic The Rif and Rambam however take a
walls created by this concept of pi tikrah don’t completely different approach. They
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work to service the inside of the succah. If understand the gemara to refer to a succah
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however, there are pillars supporting the roof, that was constructed with two parallel walls,
the succah is kosher. and at one end of the s'chach, there is the
Rashi understands that the gemara refers edge of the overhanging roof in front of the
to a case where there were buildings with building. Although Rava doesn’t apply the rule
overhanging roofs on all three sides of the of pi tikrah (since the roof is intended for the

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