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==Number of walls of the Sukkah==
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# 3 walls one being a tefach
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# walls must be 7 x7
# height at least 10 tefachim
# If the walls are made of polls or strings only in the horizontal direction or only in the vertical direction then one must have 4 wall complete walls, however, if there are 3 walls and a Tefach for the fourth wall it's a doubt whether it's acceptable. <ref>Halichot Shlomo (7:2 , pg 98) </ref>
# The walls must be built within 3 Tefachim of the ground. <ref>Halichot Shlomo (7:5, pg 100) </ref>
===Arrangment of the walls===
# If one has two walls facing one another and the third is four tefachim it must be within 3 tefachim of one side and within 3 of the other or at least have a tzurat hapetach to the second side. <ref> S"A 630:3 </ref>
 
==Building a Sukkah in the street==
# If there's no room on private property to build a Sukkah and the city leaders (mayor) give permission, it's permissible to build it in the public street however one should make sure that the Sukkah doesn't to block walkers (traffic). <ref>Halichot Shlomo (7:11, pg 109) </ref>
 
==Materials for walls of Sukkah==
# metal, wood…
# what about canvas or plastic tarp? What about tying strings for lavud?
# Many authorities hold that plastic curtains (tarp, canvas) are unfit for walls of a Sukkah, while others permit. <Ref> Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 1-5) and Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurerbach in Halichot Shlomo (Sukkah 7:1 pg 97) hold that plastic curtains that sway in the wind even slightly are unfit for walls of a Sukkah. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein in Sh”t Igrot Moshe 5:40 permits if the curtains are thick and there’s poles. </ref>
 
==Sachach of Sukkah==
(siman 629)
# attached to ground
# mekabel tumah
# bamboo mats
# putting Sachach on top of metal walls
# very thick sachach (siman 631)
# very thin sachach
# One must ensure that one's Sukkah is under the open sky and not beneath a tree, roof of a house, or a porch. <ref> Rama 626:1, Mishna Brurah 626:1, Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 11). </ref>
 
==When should one build the Sukkah?==
# Mitzvah to build Sukkah after yom kippur
# If a Sukkah was set up before 30 days before sukkot, then what do you have to do?(siman 636)
# If you forgot can you do it on chol hamoed
 
==Decorations of the Sukkah==(siman 667)
# Mitzvah to decorate and beatify the sukkah
# If they fell on yom tov are they Muktzeh
# If they fell on chol hamoed are they Muktzeh?
 
==References==
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