{"id":10988,"date":"2001-01-02T00:11:20","date_gmt":"2001-01-01T22:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=10988"},"modified":"2022-09-14T11:28:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:28:12","slug":"13-02-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/13-02-11\/","title":{"rendered":"11. Invalid Sekhakh<\/em> and Gaps in the Sekhakh<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is a patch of invalid sekhakh<\/em>, made of plastic, for example, in the middle of kosher sekhakh<\/em>, or if there is a concrete beam that invalidates the sekhakh<\/em> underneath it, then if the invalid sekhakh <\/em>is wider than 4 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> (c. 30 cm), one may not sit underneath it. If the invalid sekhakh<\/em> is less than 4 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> but more than 3 (c. 22 cm), le-khat\u1e25ila<\/em> one should not sit or sleep underneath it, but in a time of need one may do so (MB 632:3). If the invalid sekhakh <\/em>is less than 3 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> wide, one may eat or sleep there even le-khat\u1e25ila<\/em>, because it is rendered null vis-\u00e0-vis the sukka<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If there is an empty gap in the sekhakh<\/em>, the laws pertaining to it are more stringent, since this is more discernible than invalid sekhakh<\/em>. If the width of the gap is 3 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> (c. 22 cm), the area beneath it is not kosher, and one may not sit there. If it is less than 3 tefa\u1e25im<\/em>, it is rendered null vis-\u00e0-vis the sukka<\/em>, and one may sit and sleep there (SA 632:2) as long as neither most of his head nor most of his body are underneath the gap.[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Let us say that one has a large porch, most of which is roofed, but with a small area, 5 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> wide, under open sky. At first glance, it would seem that there is no way to build a sukka <\/em>there, as a kosher sukka<\/em> must be at least 7 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> wide. However, we have seen that invalid sekhakh<\/em> that is less than 3 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> wide is considered part of the sukka<\/em>, and a person may sit underneath it. A sukka<\/em> can therefore be built on such a porch, as follows: A sukka<\/em> 7 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> wide should be set up at the end of the porch. Since 5 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> of sekhakh<\/em> are under open sky and less than 3 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> are under the roof and invalid, then even those 2 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> are deemed part of the sukka<\/em>, and one may sit and sleep beneath them. This is on condition that he puts up a wall separating the 2 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> of the roofed porch that will be part of the sukka<\/em> from the rest of the porch that will not. This wall must be 7 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> long and preferably should reach the sekhakh<\/em>. One should make a tzurat ha-peta\u1e25 <\/em>along the rest of the border between the sukka<\/em> and the porch. (See \u1e24azon Ovadia<\/em>, p. 12; Min\u1e25at Yitz\u1e25ak<\/em> 6:60:20; Shevet Ha-Levi<\/em> 10:99.)<\/p>\n

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\n[16]<\/a>. According to Rabbeinu \u1e24ananel, R. Yitz\u1e25ak ibn Gi\u2019at, Tosafot<\/em>, and Ra\u2019ah, even le-khat\u1e25ila<\/em> one may sit underneath a gap of less than 3 tefa\u1e25im<\/em>. According to Ritva and Ran, one may not have the majority of his head or body under the gap. According to Rosh and Rabbeinu Yeru\u1e25am, the prohibition applies only when the gap extends the length of the sukka<\/em>; this is the ruling of Beit Zevul<\/em> 3:14 and \u1e24azon Ovadia<\/em>, p. 68. I write above to be stringent, but one who wishes to be lenient and follow the Rosh may do so. See Har\u1e25avot<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If a gap of 3 or 4 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> of invalid sekhakh<\/em> extends across the sukka<\/em>, effectively dividing it into two sukkas<\/em>, one must make sure that each sukka<\/em> has the requisite three walls (Rema 632:2).<\/p>\n

Four tefa\u1e25im<\/em> of invalid sekhakh<\/em> invalidates a large sukka<\/em>, but if a sukka<\/em> is less than 10 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> wide, even 3 tefa\u1e25im<\/em> of invalid sekhakh<\/em> invalidates it. Less than 3 tefa\u1e25im <\/em>does not invalidate it (SA 632:1; MB ad loc<\/em>. 8).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there is a patch of invalid sekhakh, made of plastic, for example, in the middle of kosher sekhakh, or if there is a concrete beam that invalidates the sekhakh underneath it, then if the invalid sekhakh is wider than 4 tefa\u1e25im (c. 30 cm), one may not sit underneath it. If the invalid sekhakh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13-02"],"yoast_head":"\n11. 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