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

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Certainly then, [if the succah] is very long but is less than seven tefachim wide, it
is not valid, even for us, who don’t sit the same way they [once did]. 39

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]7[ Any material may be used for the walls, whether it is made of things
which don’t grow from the ground such as leather, or whether it is susceptible to
tumah such as sheets, or any utensils, provided it can withstand a common
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wind. Therefore, one who constructs a succah from material panels or the like,
must tie them at the top and bottom so that the wind does not sway them.
However, it is not proper to make a succah from such panels lest it come undone
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without him realizing it. Even if [the walls] have many openings and even if
they [result in] more sun than shade, it is kosher as all of these only invalidate
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s'chach [and not the walls]. The same is true of animals and one may even set
up a person to serve as a wall [of his succah] except that on Shabbos or yom tov,

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38. Since one cannot sit comfortably in a using the trees and its branches to form the
narrower space, despite its length (Taz). succah’s walls, it is kosher. However, the
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gemara there qualifies that this is only true if
39. Magen Avraham. In Talmudic times, he weaves the branches in a way that it won’t
people typically ate while reclining on their be moved by the wind. Based on this, Rabeinu
sides. It is based on this assumed position that Peretz recommends that one should not make
the minimum measurement of seven tefachim the walls of his succah from linen sheets,
is arrived at, so that one can recline with most because even if he ties them tightly on the top
of his body and head are resting in the succah. or bottom, they may become detached and
Accordingly, one might think that since we sway in the wind. (Tur, Shulchan Aruch). The
now eat sitting upright, a smaller succah Mishna Berura writes that this is true even if
would in fact be kosher. To this end, the the wall remains in place but only sways back
poskim teach us that although one can sit in a and forth in the wind, and even if the succah
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smaller structure, it is not suitable for dwelling, is indoors and not exposed to the wind, if it
and the minimum size of seven tefachim still would be swayed outside, it is posul. Some
applies. understand this to mean that even if the wall
is tied at the top and bottom and only its
40. Mishna, Succah 12a. center is blown in and out by the wind, it
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cannot serve as a wall for a succah. Although it
41. The mishna (Succah 24b) teaches that is a sufficient mechitza regarding Shabbbos,
if one constructs a succah between the trees, for example, the walls of the succah must be

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