## Sukkah Daf 16a

###### Sukkah 16a:1
[Sukkah 16a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:1)

מִטָּה מְטַמֵּאת חֲבִילָה וּמְטַהֶרֶת חֲבִילָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: מְטַמֵּאת אֵבָרִים וּמְטַהֶרֶת אֵבָרִים. מַאי נִיהוּ? אָמַר רַבִּי חָנָן אָמַר רַבִּי: אֲרוּכָּה וּשְׁתֵּי כְרָעַיִם, קְצָרָה וּשְׁתֵּי כְרָעַיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A bed becomes ritually impure** as a complete **entity** if it comes into contact with a source of impurity. **And it becomes ritually pure as a** single **entity** through immersion, and in the case of impurity imparted by a corpse, through sprinkling and immersion. However, it may be neither impurified nor purified when dismantled. This is **the statement of Rabbi Eliezer. The Rabbis say: It becomes ritually impure** even when it is dismantled into its component **parts, and,** so too, **it becomes ritually pure** even when it is dismantled into its component **parts.** The Gemara asks: If the bed breaks into parts that serve no purpose, it is pure; **what are** these component parts mentioned by the Rabbis? **Rabbi Ḥanan said** that **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **said:** The component parts are **a long board and two legs** attached to it **and a short board and two legs** attached to it.


###### Sukkah 16a:2
[Sukkah 16a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:2)

לְמַאי חַזְיָא? לְמִסְמְכִינְהוּ אַגּוּדָּא וּלְמֵיתַב עֲלַיְיהוּ וּמִשְׁדֵּא אַשְׁלֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And for what** purpose **are** these parts **suited;** what function qualifies their status as vessels? The Gemara answers: It is possible for one **to lean them against the wall and to sit on them,** after placing boards across the top **and placing ropes** across their length and width. The boards of the bed can thereby be used for the purpose of sitting or lying upon them; consequently, they are considered vessels.


###### Sukkah 16a:3
[Sukkah 16a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:3)

גּוּפָא, אָמַר רַבִּי אַמֵּי בַּר טַבְיוֹמֵי: סִכְּכָהּ בִּבְלָאֵי כֵלִים פְּסוּלָה. מַאי בְּלָאֵי כֵלִים? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: מַטְלָנִיּוֹת שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ, דְּלָא חַזְיָין לֹא לַעֲנִיִּים וְלֹא לַעֲשִׁירִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara returns to discuss **the** matter **itself** cited above. **Rabbi Ami bar Tavyomei said: If one roofed** the *sukka* **with worn,** incomplete, **vessels,** the *sukka* is **unfit.** The Gemara asks: **What are** these **worn vessels? Abaye said:** They are small **cloths that do not have** an area of **three by three** fingerbreadths, **which,** due to their size, **are not suited** for use **either by the poor or by the wealthy.**


###### Sukkah 16a:4
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תַּנְיָא כְּווֹתֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי אַמֵּי בַּר טַבְיוֹמֵי: מַחְצֶלֶת שֶׁל שִׁיפָא וְשֶׁל גֶּמִי, שְׁיָרֶיהָ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנִּפְחֲתוּ מִכְּשִׁיעוּרָהּ — אֵין מְסַכְּכִין בָּהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is taught** in a *baraita* **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Ami bar Tavyomei:** In the case of **a mat** made **of** different types of vegetation, e.g., **papyrus and reed grass, even though its remnants were reduced from** the requisite **measure** for contracting ritual impurity, **one** may **not roof** the *sukka* **with them.** This precisely corresponds to the opinion of Rabbi Ami.


###### Sukkah 16a:5
[Sukkah 16a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:5)

מַחְצֶלֶת הַקָּנִים, גְּדוֹלָה — מְסַכְּכִין בָּהּ, קְטַנָּה, — אֵין מְסַכְּכִין בָּהּ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: אַף הִיא מְקַבֶּלֶת טוּמְאָה, וְאֵין מְסַכְּכִין בָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: If **a mat of reeds** is **large** and not designated for sleeping, but is suited only for roofing, **one** may **roof** the *sukka* **with it.** However, the status of **a small** mat, which can be utilized for sleeping, is that of a vessel, and **one** may **not roof** the *sukka* **with it. Rabbi Eliezer says:** The status of **even** a large mat is that of a vessel. It **is capable of contracting ritual impurity, and** therefore **one** may **not roof** his *sukka* **with it.**


###### Sukkah 16a:6
[Sukkah 16a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:6)

הַחוֹטֵט בְּגָדִישׁ. אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: לֹא שָׁנוּ אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵין שָׁם חָלָל טֶפַח בְּמֶשֶׁךְ שִׁבְעָה, אֲבָל יֵשׁ שָׁם חָלָל טֶפַח בְּמֶשֶׁךְ שִׁבְעָה — הֲרֵי זֹה סוּכָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna states: In the case of **one who hollows out** and creates a space inside **a stack of grain,** it is not a *sukka*. **Rav Huna said:** The Sages **taught** that it is not a *sukka* **only** in a case **where there is not a space one handbreadth** high **along seven** handbreadths upon which the grain was piled. **However, if there is a space** measuring **one handbreadth** high **along seven** handbreadths upon which the grain was piled, and now, by hollowing out the stack, one is raising the existing walls and not forming a new space, **it is** a fit ***sukka*.**


###### Sukkah 16a:7
[Sukkah 16a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:7)

תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי: הַחוֹטֵט בְּגָדִישׁ לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ סוּכָּה — הֲרֵי זֹה סוּכָּה. וְהָאֲנַן תְּנַן אֵינָהּ סוּכָּה! אֶלָּא לָאו, שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ כִּדְרַב הוּנָא. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**That is also taught** in a *baraita*: **One who hollows out a stack of grain to make himself a *sukka*, it is a *sukka*.** The Gemara wonders: **But didn’t we learn** in the mishna that **it is not a *sukka*? Rather, is it not** correct to **conclude from it, in accordance with** the opinion of **Rav Huna,** that in certain circumstances it is possible to hollow out a stack of grain and establish a fit *sukka*? The Gemara concludes: Indeed, **learn from it** that this is the case.


###### Sukkah 16a:8
[Sukkah 16a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:8)

אִיכָּא דְּרָמֵי לַיהּ מִירְמֵא. תְּנַן: הַחוֹטֵט בְּגָדִישׁ לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ סוּכָּה — אֵינָהּ סוּכָּה. וְהָא תַּנְיָא: הֲרֵי זוֹ סוּכָּה! אָמַר רַב הוּנָא, לָא קַשְׁיָא: כָּאן בְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁם חָלָל טֶפַח בְּמֶשֶׁךְ שִׁבְעָה, כָּאן בְּשֶׁאֵין שָׁם חָלָל טֶפַח בְּמֶשֶׁךְ שִׁבְעָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Some raised** this matter as **a contradiction** between the mishna and the *baraita*. **We learned** in the mishna: **One who hollows out a stack of grain in order to make himself a *sukka*, it is not a *sukka*. But wasn’t it taught** in a *baraita* that **this is a *sukka*? Rav Huna said:** This is **not difficult. Here,** where it is a *sukka*, it is a case **where there is a space** measuring **one handbreadth** high **along seven** handbreadths, while **there,** where it is not a *sukka*, it is a case **where there is not a space one handbreadth** high **along seven** handbreadths.


###### Sukkah 16a:9
[Sukkah 16a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:9)

**מַתְנִי׳** הַמְשַׁלְשֵׁל דְּפָנוֹת מִלְמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה, אִם גָּבוֹהַּ מִן הָאָרֶץ שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים — פְּסוּלָה. מִלְּמַטָּה לְמַעְלָה, אִם גָּבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים — כְּשֵׁרָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמִּלְּמַטָּה לְמַעְלָה עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, כָּךְ מִלְמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **One who lowers the walls** of the *sukka* **from up downward, if** the lower edge of the wall is **three handbreadths above the ground,** the *sukka* is **unfit.** Since animals can enter through that space, it is not the wall of a fit *sukka*. However, if one constructs the wall from **down upward, if** the wall is **ten handbreadths high,** even if it does not reach the roofing, the *sukka* is **fit. Rabbi Yosei says: Just as** a wall built **from down upward** must be **ten handbreadths, so too,** in a case where one lowers the wall **from up downward,** it must be **ten handbreadths** in length. Regardless of its height off the ground, it is the wall of a fit *sukka*, as the legal status of a ten-handbreadth partition is that of a full-fledged partition in all areas of *halakha*.


###### Sukkah 16a:10
[Sukkah 16a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:10)

**גְּמָ׳** בְּמַאי קָמִיפַּלְגִי? מָר סָבַר מְחִיצָה תְּלוּיָה מַתֶּרֶת, וּמַר סָבַר מְחִיצָה תְּלוּיָה אֵינָהּ מַתֶּרֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **With regard to what** principle do Rabbi Yosei and the Rabbis **disagree?** The Gemara explains: One **Sage,** Rabbi Yosei, **holds** that **a suspended partition,** even if it does not reach all the way down, **renders it permitted** to carry on Shabbat, like a full-fledged partition. **And** one **Sage,** the Rabbis, **holds** that **a suspended partition does not render it permitted** to carry on Shabbat.


###### Sukkah 16a:11
[Sukkah 16a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/16a:11)

תְּנַן הָתָם: בּוֹר שֶׁבֵּין שְׁתֵּי חֲצֵירוֹת — אֵין מְמַלְּאִין מִמֶּנָּה בְּשַׁבָּת אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן עָשָׂה לָהּ מְחִיצָה עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, בֵּין מִלְמַעְלָה בֵּין מִלְּמַטָּה, בֵּין בְּתוֹךְ אוֹגְנוֹ. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**We learned** in a mishna **there,** in tractate *Eiruvin*: In the case of **a cistern that is** located **between two courtyards,** situated partly in each courtyard, **one may draw** water **from it on Shabbat only** if **a partition ten handbreadths high was erected** specifically **for** the cistern to separate the water between the domains, lest the residents of one courtyard draw water from the domain of the other courtyard. This partition is effective **whether it is above,** and lowered toward the water; **whether** it is **below,** in the water; **or whether it is within the** airspace of the cistern below the **rim,** above the surface of the water. A partition situated in any of these places forms a boundary between the two courtyards, permitting one to draw water from the cistern. **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says** that this is the subject of an early dispute of *tanna’im*.