13.6 - Sukkah Daf 16 A (6 lines Dn)

Today’s learning sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU Summary We learned: Rabbi Ami bar Tivyumi: Worn out clothes are possul to use as schach. Question: What type of worn out clothes are we referring to? Abayye: This refers to rags that are smaller than 3x3 fingerbreadths. Since they are no longer useful, even for the poor, they lose keili status. A supporting beraisa: “The remnants of a mat [it was used as a seat and is considered a keili which is mekabel tumah] of straw or grasses, although they are too small to be used [less than 6x6 tefachim], are possul for use as schach. (This is a proof to Rabbi Ami bar Tivyumi). A large reed mat may be used as schach (because it’s made for the purpose of schach. Nowadays it’s possible to buy a mat for schach if one is certain it was produced for this purpose). But a small mat [which is made to use as a seat] is possul. Rabbi Eliezer: A large mat is also mekabel tumah and possul for schach.” (Rabbi Eliezer would also agree that if the mat was manufactured specifically for schach, it would be kosher). 13.3: If one hollows out a haystack to make it a sukkah, it is not a sukkah. [Because it was never covered with schach. The top hay was put on top of other hay, it wasn’t placed as a roof]. Rav Huna: If there was an area of 7x7 tefachim with the height of 1 tefach that was covered by the haystack, then it is kosher. [Since the hay was placed as the ‘covering’ for an ohel, it can be considered ‘placed for a roof’ (see 8.2)]. 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