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While sleeping in a sukkah, are you exempt from prayer?
Someone engrossed in one mitzvah is sometimes exempt from certain other mitzvot.
So, I wonder, based on a question from Reddit user GutsAndGlory2:
While engaged in the mitzvah of sleeping in a ...
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Putting up scach before walls of sukkah
If one puts up the scach of the sukkah before building the walls then the sukkah is pasul (See Rama OC Siman 635 Sif 1.) If however a tefach of a wall is put up next to the scach (somach to the scach) ...
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Making a tanai on Scach
It says in SA Siman 638 that one may make a tanai (condition) on the "noi sukkah" (sukkah decorations) in order he should be able to use it during the chag and that it won't become muktzeh l'mitzvaso ...
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Is there a way to expand a canvas Sukkah?
After playing around with ideas for seating in my Sukkah, I began to wonder, what if I just expanded it? The problem is that it's made of canvas, which is wrapped around a metal frame. This does not ...
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Large gap in Sukkah wall(s)
I happened to see this design (or see below) for a pergola, and I thought, "What an easy way to have a Sukkah frame up all year round!"
But then, when I noticed that it only has a depth of four ...
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Can we eat in a Sukkah standing?
I know we say "sit in a Sukkah", but still I have following question:
if we have guests during Sukkot and we want them to eat with us in a Sukkah, but a Sukkah is too small to fit everyone in ...
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Eating outside of a Sukkah - Negative or Positive commandment?
On Sukkoth we are required to dwell in a Sukkah, which is generally minimally defined as at least eating our meals (which in turn is generally minimally defined as grain-based products) inside the ...
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If it rains on my sukkah and I put up a tarp, should I stay in the sukkah?
If it is raining on Succos is there any benefit in eating in a Succah covered with a (Schlack) tarp over eating in the house? (sources please)
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Can a Sukkah have all-glass walls?
Would a Sukkah that has walls that are completely transparent be kosher for use?
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Slant-roofed sukkah
This is the frame that I'm using for my sukkah. In the event that the bars forming the frame's roof cannot be removed, would they completely posul the flat sechach I might construct beneath them? If ...
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Eating in sukkah before or after sukkot
Is there anything problematic about eating in a sukkah after building it but before Sukkot starts? Or I guess likewise after Sukkot is over?
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Taking down Sukkah decorations before the end of holiday
I know that if I am going to be traveling during Chol Ha'Moed, I know that I can not halachically take down my Sukkah or the Schach early. Does the same prohibition apply to the decorations?
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Sukka in a covered balcony
I live in an apartment with a balcony that is fully covered by the balcony two floors above (the balconies are zig-zagged). This means that I cannot build a kosher sukka in my balcony. I don't have ...
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How high before a tree branch does not cause a problem for a Succah?
I have a lovely tree in the back yard, it must be 70-100 years old, maybe 15-20 feet around at the base. First branch is 32 feet up. I know since I used a 35 foot ladder to hang a swing from it, and ...
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In which cases are you exempt from eating in the sukkah?
Are we required to eat every meal and every food/drink under the sukkah?
What if it is raining? Cold? What if there are too many people to all fit under the sukkah (we have lots of guests)?
Those ...
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When can you build the sukkah?
My wife and I love the holiday of Sukkot, as do many of our friends. We build the sukkah every year and have friends over for an evening meal, preferably on shabbes - if someone else in our group of ...
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What would be the law with regards to the Sukka in Manhattan?
A few members of a community board in Manhattan do not want to give permission for a Sukka in a park (because of 1st amendment issues).
According to the Shulchan Aruch Harav, one cannot make a ...
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Sukkah in the Soviet Union
The opinion of the Shulchan Aruch Harav is that one isn't allowed to build a Sukkah on public property (because it is considered stolen).
In the Soviet Union all property was nationalized and they ...
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Eating Rice without a Sukkah
There's a general rule that non-Mezonos (or Hamotzi) items can be eaten outside a Sukkah (not should, but can). Does the same apply to rice, which is only "somewhat" Mezonos (Borei Nefashos is said ...
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