Sukkah Builders' Code: The Talmud on a Sukkah’s Height
Our opening studies of tractate Sukkah gave us Halachic attributes and dimensions required for a kosher Sukkah and some of the rationale. In this class we’ll further investigate the logic behind the Sukkah’s height restrictions—even discovering how size can actually become the defining feature of the essential Sukkah.
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| Topics: | Sukkot, Sukkah, Sukkah, Talmud |
Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.
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