If a sukkah is shorter than ten handbreadths, may one dig out ground to reach the required height?
Synopsis
If a sukkah's floor is dug out to make the total interior height reach ten handbreadths, this is valid only if the dug-out portion contains valid sukkah dimensions and has less than three handbreadths between the dug area and the wall.
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