If filling a tree's branches with straw was done specifically to create a dwelling, does the enclosed area qualify as mukaf l'dirah even if the tree was not planted for that purpose?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that since the tree was not planted for dwelling, it is not mukaf l'dirah even if the straw filling is done intentionally. The Magen Avraham holds that if the straw filling constitutes the majority of the wall and was done for actual dwelling, it qualifies as mukaf l'dirah.
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