Sukkos
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Using a Skylight as a Sukka
Can I open my skylight and lay branches there for my Sukka? Yes, but your walls must be close enough to the skylight. If three of your walls stand within 6 feet of the skylight opening, then you probably have…
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Using a Live Tree as Schach
Can I set up a Sukka under my backyard tree, and use its branches for the schach? No. A tree, connected to the ground, is unfit for Schach, or Sukka roof. (Sukka _walls_ can be made out of any sturdy…
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Eating in the Sukka
Why must Jews eat in a Sukka on Sukkos? Stay in Sukkos (booths) seven days…So that it will remain known for generations that I housed the Jews in Sukkos after liberating them from Egypt” (Vayikra 23:42-43). Halachah (see Shulchan Aruch…
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Lulav on Shabbos
Why don’t we perform the mitzvah of Lulav on Shabbos even on the first day of Sukkos? Why does the calendar allow the first day of Sukkos to fall on Shabbos? The mitzvah of Lulav originally applied for seven days…