Daily Browse DiscussDiscussion

Home/Browse/Sukkot/Sukkah Walls

Sukkot · Orach Chaim 629

Sukkah Walls

16 questions · 21 opinions

Not a substitute for consulting a rabbi.

Daily Browse Discussion About Contact

What are the three required properties of valid s'chach material?

2 opinions

Basic Requirements

Can items susceptible to ritual impurity be used as s'chach if they are broken below the minimum size for impurity?

1 opinions

Susceptibility to Impurity

Are arrows valid for s'chach?

1 opinions

Specific Materials

Can flax stalks be used as s'chach?

1 opinions

Specific Materials

What types of rope may be used as s'chach?

1 opinions

Specific Materials

Can reed/straw mats be used as s'chach?

2 opinions

May a ladder be placed on the roof to support s'chach?

2 opinions

Support Structures

Does attaching sukkah beams with iron nails or worn cloths (susceptible to impurity) invalidate the s'chach?

1 opinions

Connective Material

Can foods be used as s'chach?

1 opinions

May fig or grape branches with attached fruit be used as s'chach?

1 opinions

Mixed Materials (Food + Non-…

Do vegetables that dry out quickly receive different treatment than standard invalid s'chach?

2 opinions

Vegetables and Drying

May plants still attached/connected to the ground be used as s'chach?

1 opinions

Detachment Requirement

May foul-smelling grasses or leaves that fall be used as s'chach l'chatchila?

1 opinions

Rabbinic Prohibitions

What constitutes a 'bundle' (chavila) that is rabbinically prohibited as s'chach?

2 opinions

Bundle Prohibition

Are wide boards (4 tefachim wide) prohibited as s'chach?

1 opinions

When is spreading a sheet over or under s'chach permitted?

1 opinions

Sheets Under/Over S'chach