14.1 - Sukkah Daf 16 A (18 lines Dn)

Today’s learning sponsored by Yaakov Dwek Thanking my wife for all that she does constantly!! May Hashem bless her Bakol Mikol Mol. Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU Mishna 14.3: If one hollows out a haystack to make it a sukkah, it is not a sukkah. 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. Summary A supporting *beraisa:* “If one hollows out a haystack to make a sukkah, it is a kosher sukkah”. Since this directly contradicts the mishna we must explain it as discussing a different case - the case of Rav Huna. This beraisa is thus a proof to Rav Huna. Ikka d’rami lah mirmi [A different version which raises the beraisa as a challenge]: The mishna says “If one hollows out a haystack to make a sukkah, it is not a kosher sukkah”. The beraisa says “it is a kosher sukkah”?! Rav Huna: The beraisa discusses a case where there was an area of 7x7 tefachim with the height of 1 tefach that was covered by the haystack. The mishna discusses a case where the hay is simply placed on a pile but doesn’t make any type of roof. Mishna: If one builds walls [he weaves around an existing frame] starting from the top; if 3 tefachim near the ground remain uncovered: it is possul. If he started from the bottom; if he covered 10 tefachim, it is kosher. Rabbi Yosi: Just as it is kosher when 10 tefachim from the bottom are covered, it is kosher when 10 tefachim from the top are covered. Gemara: They argue about ‘mechitza teluyah’ [a hanging wall]. According to the Chachomim [whom we follow lehalacha] it is possul. Rabbi Yosi holds that it is kosher. (Even according to the Chachomim it is possible to make a kosher mechitza teluyah: If the mechitza comes within 3 tefachim of the ground, it is considered lavud and it is kosher). We learned there [in Eiruvin]: A water cistern that is between two courtyards cannot be used on Shabbos (perhaps the bucket will float into the other courtyard and he will transgress by retrieving it), unless there is a mechitza 10 tefachim in height. Whether it’s above the water line or below the water line, the mechitza must be within the pool. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel: Beis Shammai: It may be above the water line. Beis Hillel: It must be below the water line. Rabbi Yehuda: This mechitza need not be greater than the wall that separates the courtyards (even if the wall is not within the pool at all). 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