## Sukkah Daf 10b

###### Sukkah 10b:1
[Sukkah 10b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:1)

עַד מוֹצָאֵי יוֹם טוֹב הָאַחֲרוֹן שֶׁל חַג. וְאִם הִתְנָה עֲלֵיהֶם — הַכֹּל לְפִי תְנָאוֹ. דִּלְמָא מִן הַצַּד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**until the conclusion of the last day of the Festival. And if** before he hung the decorations **he stipulated with regard to them** that he will be permitted to use them even during the Festival, **everything is according to his stipulation,** and he is permitted to use them. Apparently, sheets may indeed be spread in the *sukka* for decorative purposes. The Gemara rejects this: There is no proof from the *Tosefta*, as **perhaps** the reference is to sheets spread **on the side** of the *sukka*. However, if they are spread beneath the roofing, it renders the *sukka* unfit.


###### Sukkah 10b:2
[Sukkah 10b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:2)

אִתְּמַר: נוֹיֵי סוּכָּה אֵין מְמַעֲטִין בַּסּוּכָּה. אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: וּמִן הַצַּד — מְמַעֲטִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Apropos decorations, **it was stated: *Sukka* decorations do not diminish the** height of the ***sukka*.** Decorations hanging from the roofing are not considered part of the structure and therefore do not diminish the height of the *sukka*. If the roofing is more than twenty cubits above the ground, the decorations hanging within twenty cubits of the ground do not render the *sukka* fit. **Rav Ashi said:** However, if the decorations are spread **on the side** of the roof, they are considered part of the structure and **diminish** the area. If the decorations render the interior of the *sukka* less than seven by seven handbreadths, the *sukka* is unfit.


###### Sukkah 10b:3
[Sukkah 10b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:3)

מִנְיָמִין עַבְדֵּיהּ דְּרַב אָשֵׁי אִיטְּמִישָׁא לֵיהּ כִּתּוּנְתָּא בְּמַיָּא, וְאַשְׁטְחַהּ אַמְּטַלַּלְתָּא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אָשֵׁי: דַּלְיַיהּ, דְּלָא לֵימְרוּ קָא מְסַכְּכִי בְּדָבָר הַמְקַבֵּל טוּמְאָה. וְהָא קָא חָזוּ לַיהּ דְּרַטִּיבָא! לְכִי יָבְשָׁה קָאָמֵינָא לָךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates with regard to **Minyamin, the servant of Rav Ashi,** that **his shirt became wet [*itamisha*], and he spread it over the *sukka*** to dry it. **Rav Ashi said to him: Take it down so that** people **will not say** that **they are roofing** the *sukka* **with an item susceptible to ritual impurity.** The servant said to him: **But don’t they see that it is wet** and understand that I placed it there to dry? Rav Ashi replied: Take it down **once it is dry** is what **I am saying to you,** as then people are apt to think that it is part of the roofing.


###### Sukkah 10b:4
[Sukkah 10b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:4)

אִתְּמַר: נוֹיֵי סוּכָּה הַמּוּפְלָגִין מִמֶּנָּה אַרְבָּעָה, רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר: כְּשֵׁרָה, רַב חִסְדָּא וְרַבָּה בַּר רַב הוּנָא אָמְרִי: פְּסוּלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It was stated** with regard to ***sukka* decorations,** e.g., sheets spread beneath the roofing to decorate the *sukka*, **that are removed from** the roofing **four** handbreadths, the *amora’im* disagreed whether they interpose between the roofing and the *sukka*. **Rav Naḥman said:** The *sukka* remains **fit. Rav Ḥisda and Rabba bar Rav Huna said:** It is **unfit.**


###### Sukkah 10b:5
[Sukkah 10b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:5)

רַב חִסְדָּא וְרַבָּה בַּר רַב הוּנָא אִיקְּלַעוּ לְבֵי רֵישׁ גָּלוּתָא. אַגְנִינְהוּ רַב נַחְמָן בְּסוּכָּה שֶׁנּוֹיֶיהָ מוּפְלָגִין מִמֶּנָּה אַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים, אִשְׁתִּיקוּ וְלָא אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ וְלָא מִידֵּי. אֲמַר לְהוּ: הֲדוּר בְּהוּ רַבָּנַן מִשְּׁמַעְתַּיְיהוּ? אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ: אֲנַן שְׁלוּחֵי מִצְוָה אֲנַן, וּפְטוּרִין מִן הַסּוּכָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates that **Rav Ḥisda and Rabba bar Rav Huna happened** to come **to the house of the Exilarch. Rav Naḥman,** who was the official in charge of the Exilarch’s household, **lodged them in a *sukka* whose decorations were removed from** the roofing **four handbreadths. They were silent and did not say anything to him,** even though in their opinion the *sukka* was unfit. Rav Naḥman **said to them: Did the Sages retract their halakhic** ruling? Does your silence indicate that you concede to my ruling? **They said to him: We are on the path to perform a mitzva and,** therefore, **we are exempt from the** mitzva of ***sukka*.** Therefore, it is permitted for us to sleep in this *sukka*. In terms of the *halakha*, our ruling is unchanged.


###### Sukkah 10b:6
[Sukkah 10b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:6)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: מוּתָּר לִישַׁן בְּכִילָּה בַּסּוּכָּה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ גַּג, וְהוּא שֶׁאֵינָהּ גְּבוֹהָה עֲשָׂרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Yehuda said** that **Shmuel said: It is permitted to sleep in** a bed with **netting inside the *sukka*, even though** the bed **has a roof, provided that** the netting **is not more than ten** handbreadths **higher** than the bed. In that case, the netting is not considered a tent in and of itself.


###### Sukkah 10b:7
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תָּא שְׁמַע: הַיָּשֵׁן בְּכִילָּה בַּסּוּכָּה — לֹא יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ! הָכָא בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן, כְּשֶׁגְּבוֹהָה עֲשָׂרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Come** and **hear: One who sleeps in** a bed with **netting inside the *sukka* did not fulfill his obligation,** contrary to the statement that Rav Yehuda cited in the name of Shmuel. The Gemara answers: **With what are we dealing here?** It is a case **where** the netting **is more than ten** handbreadths **higher** than the bed and is considered a tent in and of itself.


###### Sukkah 10b:8
[Sukkah 10b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:8)

מֵיתִיבִי: הַיָּשֵׁן תַּחַת הַמִּטָּה בַּסּוּכָּה — לֹא יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ! הָא תַּרְגְּמַהּ שְׁמוּאֵל בְּמִטָּה גְּבוֹהָה עֲשָׂרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from a mishna: **One who sleeps beneath the bed in the *sukka* did not fulfill his obligation.** As the height of a typical bed is less than ten handbreadths, apparently, even if the covering beneath which one is sleeping in less than ten handbreadths high, it is a tent in and of itself and he does not fulfill his obligation. The Gemara answers: **Didn’t Shmuel interpret** the mishna as referring **to** the case of **a bed ten** handbreadths **high?** Therefore, one who sleeps beneath the bed did not fulfill his obligation.


###### Sukkah 10b:9
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תָּא שְׁמַע: אוֹ שֶׁפֵּירַס עַל גַּבֵּי קִינוֹפוֹת — פְּסוּלָה! הָתָם נָמֵי דִּגְבִיהִי עֲשָׂרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Come** and **hear** that which is taught in the mishna: **Or** if **one spread** a sheet as a canopy **over the** frame of a **four-post** bed, the area in the *sukka* beneath the sheet is **unfit.** Apparently, a bed with certain types of netting is unfit. The Gemara answers: **There, too,** it is a case where the posts **are ten** handbreadths **high.**


###### Sukkah 10b:10
[Sukkah 10b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:10)

וְהָא לָא קָתָנֵי הָכִי. דְּתַנְיָא: נַקְלִיטִין שְׁנַיִם, וְקִינוֹפוֹת אַרְבָּעָה. פֵּירַס עַל גַּבֵּי קִינוֹפוֹת — פְּסוּלָה, עַל גַּבֵּי נַקְלִיטִין — כְּשֵׁרָה, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ נַקְלִיטִין גְּבוֹהִין מִן הַמִּטָּה עֲשָׂרָה. מִכְּלָל דְּקִינוֹפוֹת — אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין גְּבוֹהִין עֲשָׂרָה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But that is not** the way **it is taught, as it is taught** in the *baraita*: ***Naklitin* are two** posts **and *kinofot* are four** posts. If **one spread** a sheet **over four posts,** the area in the *sukka* beneath the sheet is **unfit;** if one did so **over two posts** the entire *sukka* is **fit, provided the two posts are not ten** handbreadths **higher than the bed.** This proves **by inference that** a sheet spread over **four posts** renders the area in the *sukka* beneath the sheet unfit **even if it is not ten** handbreadths **high.**


###### Sukkah 10b:11
[Sukkah 10b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:11)

שָׁאנֵי קִינוֹפוֹת, דִּקְבִיעִי. וַהֲרֵי סוּכָּה עַל גַּבֵּי סוּכָּה דִּקְבִיעָא, וְאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: כְּהֶכְשֵׁרָהּ כָּךְ פְּסוּלָהּ! אָמְרִי: הָתָם, דִּלְמִפְסַל סוּכָּה — בַּעֲשָׂרָה. הָכָא, דִּלְשַׁוּוֹיֵי אוּהְלָא — בְּצִיר מֵעֲשָׂרָה נָמֵי הָוֵי אוּהְלָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Four posts are different because they are fixed** in the bed and constitute a significant space even without the requisite height. The Gemara asks: **But a *sukka* atop** another ***sukka* is fixed, and** yet **Shmuel said: As** the criterion for **its fitness, so too** is the criterion for **its unfitness.** The upper *sukka* renders the lower *sukka* unfit only if it is ten handbreadths high. The Sages **say** in distinguishing between the cases: **There,** in the case of a *sukka* atop another *sukka*, where the measurement is **in order to disqualify** the lower ***sukka*, ten** handbreadths are required to render the upper *sukka* a separate entity. However, **here,** in the case of the four-post bed, **in order to consider** the covering **a tent, less than ten** handbreadths **is also** considered to be **a tent,** as it is fixed.


###### Sukkah 10b:12
[Sukkah 10b:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:12)

אָמַר רַב תַּחְלִיפָא בַּר אֲבִימִי אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הַיָּשֵׁן בְּכִילָּה עָרוֹם — מוֹצִיא רֹאשׁוֹ חוּץ לַכִּילָה וְקוֹרֵא קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Taḥalifa bar Avimi said** that **Shmuel said: One who sleeps naked in** a bed with **netting** and is required to recite *Shema* **moves his head out from** beneath **the netting and recites *Shema*.** Although he is naked, the netting is considered like a garment; therefore, it is permitted to recite *Shema*.


###### Sukkah 10b:13
[Sukkah 10b:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:13)

מֵיתִיבִי: הַיָּשֵׁן בְּכִילָּה עָרוֹם — לֹא יוֹצִיא רֹאשׁוֹ חוּץ לַכִּילָה וְיִקְרָא קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע! הָכָא בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן — כְּשֶׁגְּבוֹהָה עֲשָׂרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from a *baraita*: **One who sleeps naked in a bed with netting** may **not move his head out from** beneath **the netting and recite *Shema*.** The Gemara answers: **With what are we dealing here?** It is a case **where** the netting **is ten** handbreadths **high.** In that case, it is considered a tent and not a garment.


###### Sukkah 10b:14
[Sukkah 10b:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/10b:14)

הָכִי נָמֵי מִסְתַּבְּרָא, מִדְּקָתָנֵי סֵיפָא: הָא לְמָה זֶה דּוֹמֶה? לְעוֹמֵד בְּבַיִת עָרוֹם, שֶׁלֹּא יוֹצִיא רֹאשׁוֹ חוּץ לַחַלּוֹן וְיִקְרָא קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes: **So too, it is reasonable** to understand the *baraita* in that manner **from** the fact **that it is taught** in **the latter clause** of that *baraita*: **To what is this comparable?** It is comparable **to one standing naked in** his **house, that he** may **not move his head out the window and recite *Shema*.** That is certainly ineffective. The fact that the *baraita* likens the bed with netting to a house indicates that it is netting at least ten handbreadths high. The Gemara concludes: Indeed, **learn from it** that this is the correct understanding.