[Avodah] Sukkah GT 20 amot high

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 01:37:47AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: My conclusion is that when the halacha talks about "sitting in the 
: shade of the s'chach", this is an idiomatic phrase which actually 
: means, "sitting in a place which WOULD be in the shade of the s'chach 
: IF the sun were directly overhead."

If the sun were perfectly overhead, walls wouldn't block it at all. And
thus there would be no shiur.

Again, it seems safer to look at it as a psychological issue rather than
a physical one.

-mi