15.5 - Sukkah Daf 18 A (14 lines Dn)

Today’s learning sponsored by Toras Avigdor *In honor of our esteemed director Rabbi Moshe Horowitz Upon the birth of his baby boy Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU* 3 tefachim of empty space disqualifies a sukkah. The sukkah remains kosher if less than 3 tefachim are empty, because up until 3 tefachim we consider it closed off because of “lavud”. Summary Less than 3 tefachim of airspace is only kosher if it’s near the wall, but in the middle of the sukkah [“Lavud B’emtza”] is a matter of debate between Rav Acha and Ravina. According to one: There is lavud in the middle too. According to the other: There is no lavud in the middle, only near the walls. (Tosfos notes that even this opinion agrees that there is lavud in middle of a wall. It is only with regard to a roof that this opinion holds there is no lavud in the middle). The reasoning of the opinion that lavud b’emtza: Beraisa: If a korah [a board placed over the open fourth wall of a mavuy, in which there is a rabbinic prohibition to carry, in order to permit carrying there on Shabbos] does not reach all the way from wall to wall. Or if two boards were placed on the two sides of the open fourth wall but they do not meet in the middle: If there is less than 3 tefachim of empty space, the arrangement suffices. If there is more than 3 tefachim of space, another korah is necessary. (So we see that lavud works even in the middle [since the korah goes across the top of the mavuy, it is like a roof - Tosfos]). The other opinion: In the beraisa we say korah b’emtza because it is only d’rabbanan. 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