10.2 - Sukkah Daf 11 B (3 lines Up)

Today’s learning sponsored by KACH MAGI’IM (See ad below) Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU What is the source for the laws that schach may only be made of something that is not mekabel tumah and grows from the ground? Summary When Rav Dimi came from Eretz Yisroel, he quoted Rabbi Yochanan: The possuk says: “Make yourself a chag of sukkos”. We understand that chag refers to the korban chagigah (7.2). The juxtaposition compares sukkos to the korban. Just as an animal is not mekabel tumah [since it is a living being] and it ‘grows from the ground’ [since it grows by eating grass], the schach should be the same. Challenge: Would you say that a live animal can be used for schach? It can be used for a korban! (We find many times in the gemara that Rav Dimi brought a report from Eretz Yisroel, but later Ravin brought an updated report. This teaches us patience. Don’t leave before the issue has been thoroughly fleshed out…) When Ravin came from Eretz Yisroel, he quoted Rabbi Yochanan: The possuk says: “Make yourself a chag of sukkos when you gather in from your grain pile and from your winepress”. It means you should make the schach from what is taken out of the grain pile (stalks, straw) and winepress (tendrils, twigs). (When we garland the roofs of our sukkah with the harvest’s bounty, it adds a practical reason for us to rejoice in Hashem). Challenge: Perhaps the grain itself (which is mekabel tumah) should be used for schach? Resolution: But wine itself surely can’t be used for schach. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate