Question: Should wives have their own set of aravos to hit, or can they use their husbands? (Even though the husband has alright hit them)? Can you take the sukkah… Read more »
Category: The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot)
Why is Sukkos 7 days?
Question: What is the reason Sukkos is for 7 days? Pesach I understand because the Jews left on 15 Nissan and the Exodus culminated seven days later with Krias yam… Read more »
Can Hoshanos be said by someone davening at home?
Question: Can Hoshanos be said by someone davening at home and if yes, can or should they hold Arba Minim whilst doing so Thank you Answer: You can say hoshanos when… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »