13.5 - Sukkah Daf 15 B (4 lines Dn)

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 Mishna: If one covers his sukkah with the long boards of his bed, it is not kosher schach. Summary The long boards that were broken off of the side of a bed seem to fit the requirements for schach (9.3). They are wood [‘from the ground’] and are not mekabel tumah [only something that is a “keili” can be mekabel tumah, but once a keili breaks, its parts are called shivrei keilim and are no longer mekabel tumah]. Suggestion: This mishna seems to support Rabbi Ami bar Tivyumi. Rabbi Ami bar Tivyumi: Worn out clothes are possul to use as schach. It seems that while shivrei keilim are not mekabel tumah, there is a rabbinic prohibition against using them for schach. This is why boards of a bed are not kosher despite their being shivrei keilim. Response: The long board of a bed is not considered shivrei keilim as explained by Rabbi Chanan quoting Rebbi elsewhere “it is referring to the long side board with two legs or a short side with two legs” [which is still useful as a bed]. Perhaps here too it is referring to the long side board with two legs or a short side with two legs. Question: What is this statement by Rabbi Chanan quoting Rebbi? Answer: There is a mishna: “Rabbi Eliezer: A bed is mekabel tumah only when bundled [all parts are built]. A bed can be purified [if it became tamei] only when bundled. Chachomim: It is mekabel tumah in parts, and it can be purified in parts. Question: What type of parts are the Chachomim referring to? Rabbi Chanan quoting Rebbi: The long side board with two legs or a short side with two legs. It is fit to be supported by a wall and thus used as a bed. (Actually we pasken like Rav Ami bar Tivyumi that shivrei keilim cannot be used for schach. So our mishna need not be explained as referring to a board with legs, it can be referring to a broken piece of furniture. Still it’s possul because of a rabbinic prohibition). 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