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    Chevra Shas Sukkah 2b

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    The document discusses why a sukkah taller than 20 amos would be pasul (invalid) according to the Mishnah. There are three reasons given: 1) One would not be aware of the sekhakh (roof covering) at that height; 2) The walls, not the sekhakh, would provide the shade; 3) A sukkah of that height would require sturdy walls that are not temporary in nature as required. The Gemara explores teachings that limit this height restriction and determine which understanding they accord with regarding the disqualification. It also examines the precise point of dispute between two rabbis and challenges their assumptions by citing a story about a debate over a queen's large sukkah.

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    The document discusses why a sukkah taller than 20 amos would be pasul (invalid) according to the Mishnah. There are three reasons given: 1) One would not be aware of the sekhakh (roof covering) at that height; 2) The walls, not the sekhakh, would provide the shade; 3) A sukkah of that height would require sturdy walls that are not temporary in nature as required. The Gemara explores teachings that limit this height restriction and determine which understanding they accord with regarding the disqualification. It also examines the precise point of dispute between two rabbis and challenges their assumptions by citing a story about a debate over a queen's large sukkah.

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    The document discusses why a sukkah taller than 20 amos would be pasul (invalid) according to the Mishnah. There are three reasons given: 1) One would not be aware of the sekhakh (roof covering) at that height; 2) The walls, not the sekhakh, would provide the shade; 3) A sukkah of that height would require sturdy walls that are not temporary in nature as required. The Gemara explores teachings that limit this height restriction and determine which understanding they accord with regarding the disqualification. It also examines the precise point of dispute between two rabbis and challenges their assumptions by citing a story about a debate over a queen's large sukkah.

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    Chevra Shas Sukkah 2b

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    The document discusses why a sukkah taller than 20 amos would be pasul (invalid) according to the Mishnah. There are three reasons given: 1) One would not be aware of the sekhakh (roof covering) at that height; 2) The walls, not the sekhakh, would provide the shade; 3) A sukkah of that height would require sturdy walls that are not temporary in nature as required. The Gemara explores teachings that limit this height restriction and determine which understanding they accord with regarding the disqualification. It also examines the precise point of dispute between two rabbis and challenges their assumptions by citing a story about a debate over a queen's large sukkah.

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    CHEVRA SHAS- SUKKAH 2B

    Why is a Sukkah taller than 20 amos, pasul?

    I. Unaware of the Sekhakh: “So that your generations


    will know that I made Bnei Yisrael dwell in
    Sukkos”--- part of the definition of a Sukkah is to
    know that you are in a Sukkah, and at that elevation
    one is not cognizant of the Sekhakh (Rabbah)
    II. Fails to Shade: “And the Sukkah will be for shade
    by day”-( Yeshaya 4) --- When the Sukkah is 20
    Amos or higher, the walls provide the shade rather
    than the sekhakh (R’ Zeira)
    III. Permanence- By definition, a Sukkah of that height
    demands sturdy walls, so this cannot be a Sukkah
    which needs to be (at least theoretically)
    temporary/flimsy (Rava)
    A) The Gemara will explore a number of teachings which
    limit the application of the height restriction in the
    mishnah, and will attempt to identify which of the above understandings of the disqualification of
    20 Amos they accord with:
    1) R’ Yoshiya: The Mishna only prohibits when the walls do not reach the sekhah, but if the
    walls reached the , the Sukkah would be kasher even at that height
    2) R” Huna- The Mishna only prohibits when the walls do not reach the sekhah, but if the walls
    reached the sekhakh, the Sukkah would be kasher even at that height
    3) R’ Chanan bar Rabbah- The Mishna only prohibits in a sukkah that just is able to
    accommodate a person’s head, most of their body and their table in the sukkah, but if it was
    larger, it would be kasher
    B) The Gemara then attempts to identify whether the exact point of the dispute between R’ Huna
    and R’ Chanan is either
    1) The minimum size of a Sukkah
    2) Whether a Sukkah that is between the minimum size and 4x4 Amos that is taller than 20
    Amos is kasher
    C) The Gemara then challenges both R’ Huna and R’ Chanan (who assume that our Mishna is
    disqualifying a more than 20 amos high sukkah with a small volume) by citing the a story about a
    debate between R; Yehuda and the Chachamim about whether 20 amos+ Sukkah of Queen
    Helena was kasher or not, assuming that a queen would have a larger Sukkah.

    Rabbi Daniel Yolkut

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