23.6 - Sukkah Daf 28 B (20 lines Dn)

Today’s learning sponsored לרגל יום היארצייט של מורינו הגאון הצדיק חסיד שבכהונה רבינו אביגדור ב"ר ישראל הכהן זצ"ל, כ"ז ניסן תשס"א לפ"ק זכותו יגן עלינו Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU= Summary We learned (23.4) “A child who doesn’t need his mother is obligated in the laws of sukkah”. Question: Which child is considered to no longer need his mother? Rabbi Yannai’s Beis Midrash: If he no longer needs his mother to wipe him after taking care of his needs. Rabbi Shimon: If he doesn’t call out “Mother, mother!” upon awakening. Challenge: Even bigger children do that sometimes? Resolution: It means he doesn’t call out persistently. We learned (23.4) “Children are not obligated in sukkah. It happened that the daughter in law of Shammai Hazaken gave birth, so he broke open the ceiling above the crib and put schach over the baby. Challenge: Would the mishna bring an incident to contradict? (When the mishna brings an incident, it’s to illustrate a law, not to contradict it). Resolution: A few words should be added to the Mishna, it should read: “Children are not obligated in sukkah. Shammai (not Beis Shammai) disagrees. It happened etc.” Mishna: On all seven days of Yom Tov, the Sukkah should be his fixed place while his home should be used casually. If rain comes down, one may leave the sukkah from when a porridge is spoiled by the rain. [Here the mishna instructs us how to leave the sukkah when necessary]. It’s like the case of a servant who wishes to pour a drink for his master and he pours the kettle of water on his face. Gemara: Beraisa: How does one make the sukkah his fixed place? If he has handsome things and bedspreads, he should take it up to the sukkah (which used to be made on the rooftops). He eats, drinks and spends time in the sukkah. Question: What is the source? Beraisa: Teishvu k’ein taduru (21.2) – one must treat the sukkah like his home. If he has handsome things and bedspreads, he should take it up to the sukkah (which used to be made on the rooftops). He eats, drinks, spends time and learns (sharp learning, like the word shanein) in the sukkah. Challenge: But we learned from Rava: Chumash and Halacha can be learned in the sukkah, but in depth learning should be inside the home. Resolution: They stayed in the sukkah to review (they didn’t have seforim and they would review a lot), but for meditation or analysis they would go into the house. This is like Rava and Rami bar Chama, before they entered Rav Chisda’s shiur, they first ran through the gemara together and then they analyzed it. 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