11.1 - Sukkah Daf 12 B (3 lines Up)

Today’s learning sponsored by Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU Summary Rav Yehuda: Shushi and Shutzri [different plants with wide and strong leaves that don’t wither quickly] are kosher schach [although they’re used for animal feed, they’re not considered human food and are not mkabvel tumah]. Abayye: Shutzri should not be used because it has a rotten smell which would cause people to leave the sukkah (a sukkah must be ‘teishvu k’ein taduru’ it must be similar to a home that one would live in). Rav Chanan bar Rava: Hizmi and Higgi [thorns and brambles] are kosher for schach. Abayye: Higgi should not be used since leaves fall from it and it can cause people to leave the sukkah. We learned (10.4) that bundles of twigs or stalks should not be used for schach. Rav Gidal quoting Rav: The clumps of sticks that grow at the bottom of palm trees are kosher for schach, ‘A bundle made by heaven is not considered a bundle’. Even if a human ties it together, it is still not considered a bundle, it’s one object. Rav Chisda quoting Ravina bar Shila: Spears of reeds [they grow together from one root, as in the previous case] are kosher for schach. Although they are bundled together, ‘A bundle made by heaven is not considered a bundle’. Even if a human ties it together, it is still not considered a bundle, it’s one object. We learned a beraisa also thus: “Sticks and reeds although they grow from one root, can be used for schach.” Rav Chisda quoting Ravina bar Shila: The marror that grows in the swamps [ meririsa d’agma ] can be used on Pesach for marror. 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