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Are we allowed to use plastic azikonim to keep schach from flying in wind?

Question: Shaila. Are we allowed to use plastic azikonim to keep schach from flying in wind? it us held up by wood already. Maybe mekabel tumaa? Does it matter if… Read more »

Sitting in the Sukkah The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) schach sukka
04/10/2017
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MINIMUM AREA SIZE OF SCHACH

Question: is there a minimum absolute size for schach/sechach? That is, if a Succah starts at 7×7 tefachim but has walls that bend after they are 10 tefachim high, how… Read more »

The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) Succah
02/10/2017
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Eating on the first night of Sukkos

Question: On the first night of Sukkos, can one fulfill the mitzvah with any kind of bread (pita, bagels, matza)? Can one drink water or something else to help the… Read more »

The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) eating in the succah succos
01/10/2017
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Sleeping in the Succah

Question: Is there any particular Mitzvah to sleep in the Sukkah on Sukkot? If so, how can one be Mekayem the Mitzvah if by sleeping, one is not even aware… Read more »

The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) The Laws of the Sukkah sleeping Succah
28/08/2017
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Rain on Sukkos

If one is on a tiyul on sukkos and it starts raining, I am presuming he is allowed to have a seudas keva. So when it stops raining but the… Read more »

The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) rain sukka
30/09/2015
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Leaving Sukkah During Meal

If one”s sukkah is in his yard. Then if one washes and eats bread in the sukkah or, is one allowed to go back into his house to use the… Read more »

The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) brachos shinui makom sukka
30/09/2015
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Schach Supports

‘I have realised that the family sukka I will be using for sleeping and eating has in built metal poles across the width – they were told that if the… Read more »

The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) schach sukka
29/09/2015
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Craftsment on Erev Pesach

Question: My question is regarding Daf Yomi of today 13A. The practitioners of 3 crafts may perform work on Pesach eve until midday – Tailors, Barbers and Launderers. My question… Read more »

Festivals (Yom Tov) The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) Various questions on Passover
25/08/2014

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