Does Your Sukkah Measure Up? : The Talmud on a Kosher Sukkah
Having initiated our study of tractate Sukkah with the first Mishna that provided general details of the parameters and dimensions required for a kosher Sukkah, in this second class we begin the classic Talmudic investigation of the Mishna’s rulings. First, by contrasting the Sukkah with a Halachik mechanism for Shabbat known as Eruv, and then by seeking the rationale for the unusual height restrictions imposed on the Sukkah.
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| Topics: | Sukkot, Sukkah, Sukkah, Eruv, Talmud |
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