[Avodah] Succa under a zeppelin

[Saul Stokar]

There was an interesting exchange between Rav Moshe Permutter (of Lodz) and
Rav Sholom Mordechai Schwadron (of Berezhany) concerning a succa under a
zeppelin (blimp). Rav Perlmutter raises both the case of a zeppelin hovering
over an already constructed succa (where he raises the issue of "chavut
rami" (succa 22a)), as well as the case of a succa constructed under a
hovering zeppelin (where he raises the possibility that the succa remains
invalid even after the zeppelin moves away).  The exchange, written in 5669
(1909) can be found in resp. no. 30 of Avnei Shoham by Rav Perlmutter, which
can be found at HebrewBooks at the link: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/189. The
bottom line by Rav Schwadron is that there is no cause for concern,
primarily because the zeppelin is merely hovering.  However, if the blimp
was tethered, like the ones used by the Israeli army for collecting
intelligence, it seems there might be a problem.

Saul Stokar
Raanana, Israel
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