סוכה א:ג

פֵּרַס עָלֶיהָ סָדִין מִפְּנֵי הַחַמָּה

אוֹ תַּחְתֶּיהָ מִפְּנֵי הַנְּשָׁר

אוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַס עַל גַּבֵּי הַקִּינוֹף

פְּסוּלָה

אֲבָל פּוֹרֵס הוּא עַל גַּבֵּי נַקְלִיטֵי הַמִּטָּה

Since the main part of a Sukkah is the Schach, one must be able to sit directly under them. If the Schach is obstructed in any manner, the Sukkah would not be usable for the Mitzvah. However, if the Schach is only blocked by a sheet hanging over a 2 pointed bedpost, it is not like a real block.

2 posted bed -VS- 4 posted bed:

A 2 posted be makes a triangle. A triangle does not have any area that is 1 Amah.

Also, a 2 posted bed is less than 10 Tefachim.

סוכה א:ב

הָעוֹשֶׂה סֻכָּתוֹ תַחַת הָאִילָן

כְּאִלּוּ עֲשָׂאָהּ בְּתוֹךְ הַבָּיִת

סֻכָּה עַל גַּבֵּי סֻכָּה

הָעֶלְיוֹנָה כְּשֵׁרָה, וְהַתַּחְתּוֹנָה פְּסוּלָה

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אִם אֵין דִּיּוּרִין בָּעֶלְיוֹנָה, הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה כְּשֵׁרָה

www.emishnah.com

themercava.com

סוכה א:א

סֻכָּה שֶׁהִיא גְבוֹהָה לְמַעְלָה מֵעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה, פְּסוּלָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַכְשִׁיר

וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ גְּבוֹהָה עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים

וְשֶׁאֵין לָהּ שָׁלֹשׁ דְּפָנוֹת

וְשֶׁחַמָּתָהּ מְרֻבָּה מִצִּלָתָהּ

פְּסוּלָה

סֻכָּה יְשָׁנָה, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי פּוֹסְלִין, וּבֵית הִלֵּל מַכְשִׁירִין

וְאֵיזוֹ הִיא סֻכָּה יְשָׁנָה, כָּל שֶׁעֲשָׂאָהּ קֹדֶם לֶחָג שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם

אֲבָל אִם עֲשָׂאָהּ לְשֵׁם חַג, אֲפִלּוּ מִתְּחִלַּת הַשָּׁנָה, כְּשֵׁרָה

Tools for Mishnah review

We will be starting to learn Mishnah this week. Each day the students should review the Mishnah. There will be a video on this blog to aid in this.

Below are some other tools:

1) https://www.themercava.com/app/. This amazing website allows you to access many Sefarim including Mishnah Sukkah (with phrase-based translation).

2) http://www.emishnah.com/index1.html. This is a well-build Mishnah website with translations and explanations.

3) Below is an Artzenu video of a trip to Neot Kadomim, a park in Israel with many of the Sukkot from Mishnah built to explore.

Here are some other helpful tools for learning Mishnah.

Why and how did we write Mishnah?

Teaching Mesorah 

TTTO A Milion Dreams (Click here for the music)

Written by Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi

As I lay awake in bed

I can see where we will go

to a place far away

with not Sanhedrin to guide us

no one rabbi to teach us

and Mesorah can be lost

oh I say oh, I say we write it down now

but they say yes they say its all by heart now

oh I say oh, I say it can be saved

it will take some work on our part

we'll write 6 Sidarim of Mishnah

each topic its own Masechtah

in this way, we will teach the Mesorah

a book for Shabbat or Pesachim

a seder for all of Nezeekin

with 6 we will write Torah SheBa'al Peh

we will save the Torah SheBa'al Peh

Zero'im will be for seed 

Mo'ed for the Chagim needs

weddings found in Seder Nash'em

damages seder Nezikin

Karbanot in Kadshim 

and Taharot for purity

oh I say oh, I say we write it down now

but they say yes they say its all by heart now

oh I say oh, I say it can be saved

it will take some work on our part

we'll write 6 Sidarim of Mishnah

each topic its own Masechtah

in this way, we will teach the Mesorah

a book for Shabbat or Pesachim

a seder for all of Nezeekin

with 6 we will write Torah SheBa'al Peh

we will save the Torah SheBa'al Peh