4.6 - Sukkah Daf 06 B (10 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 1.1: A Sukkah which does not have 3 walls, is possul. Summary Beraisa: Two proper walls (7x10 tefachim), the third may be even 1 tefach wide. Rabbi Shimon: Three proper walls (7x10 tefachim), only the fourth may be 1 tefach wide. Question: In what do they differ? Answer 1: The Chachomim hold “ yesh eim l’masores - the way a word is spelled out in the Torah should be looked at as the source”. Rabbi Shimon holds “yesh eim l’mikra - the way a word is read should be looked at as the source”. The Chachomim hold yesh eim l’masores: The plural of sukkah, “Basukkos” is written three times in the Torah, but twice it is spelled in the singular form. This hints at the four walls of a sukkah, two singular and two from the plural. However the Torah had to use the word at least once to tell us to sit in the sukkah. We thus have a hint in the Torah for three walls. Halacha lemoshe misinai reduces the last wall to a mere tefach. Rabbi Shimon holds yesh eim l’mikra: The plural of sukkah, “Basukkos” is written three times in the Torah, since the plural form is used, it seems to hint at six walls for a sukkah! However the Torah had to use the word at least once to tell us to sit in the sukkah. We are thus left with only two plurals which indicate four walls. Halacha lemoshe misinai reduces the last wall to a mere tefach. Answer 2: Everyone agrees that yesh eim l’mikra and the plural “basukkos” twice teaches four aspects of the sukkah. The Chachomim hold that “Basukkos” is needed to teach about the schach as well. There are thus only three teachings left for the walls. Rabbi Shimon holds that the schach doesn’t need specific mention by the Torah. Answer 3: Everyone agrees that yesh eim l’masores - and only three walls are taught by the Torah. The Chachomim hold that the halacha lemoshe misinai comes to reduce the third wall. Rabbi Shimon holds that the halacha lemoshe misinai comes to add a minimal fourth wall. 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