[Avodah] Waterproof S'chach? Really?

Zev Sero via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Thu Oct 20 10:18:07 PDT 2016


On 19/10/16 12:58, Chaim Tatel via Avodah wrote:
> Has anyone seen this in action?
> From what I've seen in the poskim, if it can't rain in your sukkah, the
> s'chah is pasul.
>
> https://issuu.com/lakewoodweekly/docs/lakewood_weekly_vol_18_issue_35
> See pages 44-45.
>
> Any ideas?

It's a machlokes rishonim.   Rabbenu Tam says the definition of a
sukkah is a structure that offers shelter from the sun but *not*
from the rain.  If it shelters from the rain too, it's a house.
The Rosh disagrees, because the pasuk (Yeshaya 4:6) says that a
sukah also protects from storms and rain.

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