## Sukkah Daf 6a

###### Sukkah 6a:1
[Sukkah 6a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:1)

הָיָה לָבוּשׁ כֵּלָיו וְסַנְדָּלָיו בְּרַגְלָיו וְטַבְּעוֹתָיו בְּאֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו — הוּא טָמֵא מִיָּד, וְהֵן טְהוֹרִים עַד שֶׁיִּשְׁהֶה בִּכְדֵי אֲכִילַת פְּרָס, פַּת חִטִּין וְלֹא פַּת שְׂעוֹרִין, מֵיסֵב וְאוֹכֵל בְּלִיפְתָּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
However, if **he was dressed in his clothes, and his sandals were on his feet, and his rings were on his fingers, he immediately** becomes **ritually impure, but they,** the clothes, sandals, and rings, **remain pure until he stays** in the house **long enough to eat half a loaf** of bread. This calculation is based on **wheat bread,** which takes less time to eat, **and not** on **barley bread,** and it relates to one who is **reclining and eating** it together **with relish** or a condiment, which hastens the eating. This is a Torah measurement connected specifically to wheat.


###### Sukkah 6a:2
[Sukkah 6a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:2)

שְׂעוֹרָה — דִּתְנַן: עֶצֶם כִּשְׂעוֹרָה — מְטַמֵּא בְּמַגָּע וּבְמַשָּׂא, וְאֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא בְּאֹהֶל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Barley** is also used as a basis for measurements, **as we learned** in a mishna: **A bone** from a corpse the size **of a** grain of **barley imparts** ritual **impurity through contact and by being carried,** but **it does not impart impurity** by means **of a tent,** i.e., if the bone was inside a house, it does not render all the articles in the house ritually impure.


###### Sukkah 6a:3
[Sukkah 6a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:3)

גֶּפֶן — כְּדֵי רְבִיעִית יַיִן לְנָזִיר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The halakhic measure determined by **a vine is the quantity of a quarter**-*log* **of wine for a nazirite.** A nazirite, for whom it is prohibited to drink wine, is liable to be flogged if he drinks that measure.


###### Sukkah 6a:4
[Sukkah 6a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:4)

תְּאֵנָה — כִּגְרוֹגֶרֶת לְהוֹצָאַת שַׁבָּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Fig** alludes to the measure of **a dried fig-bulk with regard to** the *halakhot* of **carrying out** on **Shabbat.** One is liable for carrying food fit for human consumption on Shabbat, provided that he carries a dried fig-bulk of that food.


###### Sukkah 6a:5
[Sukkah 6a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:5)

רִמּוֹן — דִּתְנַן: כָּל כְּלֵי בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים — שִׁיעוּרָן כְּרִמּוֹנִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Pomegranate** teaches the following measure, **as we learned** in a mishna: **All** ritually impure wooden **vessels belonging to** ordinary **homeowners** become pure through being broken, as broken vessels cannot contract or maintain ritual impurity. They are considered broken if they have holes **the size of pomegranates.**


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

״אֶרֶץ זֵית שֶׁמֶן (וּדְבָשׁ)״ — אֶרֶץ שֶׁכׇּל שִׁיעוּרֶיהָ כְּזֵיתִים. ״כָּל שִׁיעוּרֶיהָ״ סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ?! הָא אִיכָּא הָנֵי דְּאָמְרִינַן! אֶלָּא אֵימָא: שֶׁרוֹב שִׁיעוּרֶיהָ כְּזֵיתִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Sages interpreted: **“A land of olive oil and honey,”** as: **A land, all of whose measures are olive-bulks.** The Gemara poses a question: **Does it enter your mind** that it is a land **all of whose measures** are olive-bulks? **But aren’t there those** measures **that we** just **mentioned** above, which are not olive-bulks? **Rather, say: A land, most of whose measures are olive-bulks,** as most measures relating to forbidden foods, e.g., fats, blood, *piggul*, leftover sacrificial flesh, ritually impure food, and the sciatic nerve, are olive-bulks, as are the measures for a corpse to transmit impurity in a tent and for an animal carcass to transmit impurity through contact.


###### Sukkah 6a:7
[Sukkah 6a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:7)

דְּבָשׁ — כְּכוֹתֶבֶת הַגַּסָּה בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Honey,** i.e., dates from which date honey is extracted, also determines a measure, as with regard **to** eating on **Yom Kippur,** one is liable only if he eats **a large date-bulk** of food.


###### Sukkah 6a:8
[Sukkah 6a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:8)

אַלְמָא דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא נִינְהוּ! וְתִסְבְּרָא? שִׁיעוּרִין מִי כְּתִיבִי? אֶלָּא הִלְכְתָא נִינְהוּ, וּקְרָא אַסְמַכְתָּא בְּעָלְמָא הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Apparently,** all **these** halakhic measurements **are** derived from this verse **in the Torah** and are not *halakhot* transmitted to Moses from Sinai. The Gemara refutes this argument: **And how can you understand** it in that manner that all these **measures are** explicitly **written** in the Torah with regard to each of the *halakhot* mentioned above? **Rather, they are *halakhot*** that were transmitted to Moses from Sinai, **and the verse** cited **is mere support** for these *halakhot*, not a source.


###### Sukkah 6a:9
[Sukkah 6a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:9)

חֲצִיצִין דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא נִינְהוּ! דִּכְתִיב: ״וְרָחַץ (אֶת בְּשָׂרוֹ) בַּמַּיִם״, שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא דָּבָר חוֹצֵץ בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין הַמַּיִם!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Ashi said earlier that Rav said that the *halakhot* governing **interpositions** that invalidate ritual immersion are *halakhot* transmitted to Moses from Sinai. The Gemara challenges this assertion: **These,** too, **are** written **in the Torah, as it is written: “And he shall bathe his flesh in the water”** (Leviticus 14:9), and the Sages derived **that nothing should interpose between his flesh and the water.** Apparently, the *halakhot* of interposition are derived from a verse in the Torah and not through oral tradition.


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

כִּי אֲתַאי הִלְכְתָא — לִשְׂעָרוֹ, כִּדְרַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה. דְּאָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָא: נִימָא אַחַת קְשׁוּרָה — חוֹצֶצֶת, שָׁלֹשׁ — אֵינָן חוֹצְצוֹת, שְׁתַּיִם — אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **When the *halakha*** transmitted to Moses **comes** to teach, it is not with regard to an interposition on one’s skin, which is indeed derived from verses in the Torah. Rather, it comes to teach that an interposition **in one’s hair** invalidates the immersion, **in accordance with** the opinion **of Rabba bar bar Ḥana, as Rabba bar bar Ḥana said: A single hair [*nima*] tied** in a knot **interposes** and invalidates the immersion. **Three** hairs tied together in a knot **do not interpose,** because three hairs cannot be tied so tightly that water cannot penetrate them. With regard to **two** hairs tied together in a knot, **I do not know** the *halakha*. This *halakha* with regard to hair is a *halakha* transmitted to Moses from Sinai.


###### Sukkah 6a:11
[Sukkah 6a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:11)

שְׂעָרוֹ נָמֵי דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא נִינְהוּ, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְרָחַץ אֶת בְּשָׂרוֹ בַּמַּיִם״, אֶת הַטָּפֵל לִבְשָׂרוֹ, וּמַאי נִיהוּ — שְׂעָרוֹ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty: The *halakha* with regard to **one’s hair is also** written **in the Torah,** as it is taught in a *baraita* with regard to that **which is written: “And he shall bathe [*et besaro*] his flesh in the water.”** The superfluous word ***et*** comes to include **that which is subordinate to his flesh, and what is that?** That is **his hair.** The fact that, like the body, there can be no interposition between one’s hair and the water is also derived from a verse.


###### Sukkah 6a:12
[Sukkah 6a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/6a:12)

כִּי אֲתַאי הִלְכְתָא, לְכִדְרַבִּי יִצְחָק. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **When the *halakha*** transmitted to Moses from Sinai **comes** to teach, it is not with regard to an interposition in one’s hair, which is indeed derived from a verse in the Torah. Rather, it comes to teach **in accordance with** the statement **of Rabbi Yitzḥak, as Rabbi Yitzḥak said:**