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

valid, unless he lifts up the s’chach and then places it back down. 178 One should
not add the s’chach before he builds the wall, for some hold it is not valid, even
b’dieved. 179 If he constructed [a wall measuring] one tefach near the s’chach, he
can add the s’chah even before he finishes building the rest of the walls, as this is
similar to one who digs out a haystack, as explained in Shulchan Aruch. 180

] 39 [ A succah which stands from one year to the next is kosher, since it was
initially made to provide shade. Nevertheless, once the festival is over, its
construction is [somewhat] nullified. Although technically there is no need to
build it specifically for a succah, as explained in the previous siman, nevertheless,
it is preferable to add something new to the s’chach for the sake of [the mitzva of]
succah. 181 [However] it is sufficient to add either a square tefach, or even a very
narrow addition across its entire length. 182 This also applies to all the succos
mentioned in the previous siman, as there too, it is a mitzva to add something to
it. 183 However, if one built a succah intending it specifically for yom tov, it is valid
even if he did so at the beginning of the year, and it is not necessary to add
anything [to it]. 184

םדו רשב
178. As above (siman 33) one may not sit hold that placing the s’chach on before the
in his house on Succos and even if his house walls are built invalidates the succah
meets all the criteria of a succah, one must do completely (Levush, Taz) and therefore one
a proactive activity in order to render it a must conduct himself stringently.
בנק
succah.
180. Hagaos Maimonios. As in the case of
179. The Hagaos Maimoni writes that just the dug out haystack, a wall measuring one
like digging out a haystack is problematic tefach high is sufficient, provided it extends
because the succah is made, instead of him the full width of the succah. Although some
making it (taaseh v’lo min ha’asui), so too, hold it is sufficient to construct a single wall
adding walls after the s’chach is in place measuring seven tefachim, even if the area of
violates the same principle. The Rema codifies the succah is much larger, (Pri Megadim), the
this in Shulchan Aruch, and while some explain Gra and Bikurei Yaakov understand that one
that it is only a recommended ideal (Bach, must construct all three walls before adding
Magen Avraham, Aruch Hashulchan), many the s’chach.
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