BS”D
Suka 8b (2)- 9a
Menachem Av 28, 5780. August 18, 2020
1- We continued to learn about a Sukkah that was made by individuals that are not obligated to sit in a Sukkah.
גנב”ך.
גוים
נשים
בהמות
The third one is בהמות? Was it built by humans for the purpose of בהמות?
We mentioned that the ערוך לנר comments that all these four seem to have in common in that they were built by non obligated individuals. So perhaps it was built by animals. Such as by monkeys.
2- We moved on to 9a. To recap from last week:
The Machlokes between Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel if the construction of a Sukakh needs to be לשמה. According to Beis Shammai a focused attempt needs to be present when building a Sukkah. If this מחשבה is not present, the Sukkah is invalid for use.
Conversely, Beis Hillel’s opinion is that no intent is needed. So if one buy a house from a non-Jew and he finds a gazebo that has walls and is covered with branches -סכך – it is good for Suka use. The הלכה is like Beis Hillel. The Yerushalmi writes that even according to Beis Hillel ones need some ‘input’, a חידוש to Kosherize such a Suka. Such as rearranging a bit of the Schach.
3- We discussed the novel question from the Avnei Nezer. The Gemara seems to imply that Beis Hillel needs a special Posuk to teach us that לשמה is not required for the building of a Sukkah. Without this Posuk even Beis Hillel would agree that לשמה is required?
But why asks the אבני נזר. Oc 13, 33. The building of a Sukkah must occur before Yom Tov. Prior to any obligation of the Mitzvah.
He compares this to one writing a Get for a woman before he marries her. Such a Get is invalid because it’s not לשמה. Why? ‘Something that is done prior to it being possible to be utilized is not considered לשמה’.
To be discussed further bl”n.
5- The Gemara brings up the topic of the prohibition of using the Sukkah during Yom Tov for personal use.
We mentioned the machlokes if this איסור applies to the סכך or the walls as well. רמב״ם והרא״ש.
6- We spoke about this קדושה that disappears as soon as Yom Tov is over.
7- Discussed why sitting in a Sukkah during a rain, when one is not obligated to do so (הדיוט), is not considered to be ‘using’ the Sukkah for ‘personal’ use.
Additionally why isn’t it בל תוסיף??
8- Story of Reb Yonasan ben Uzziel. Suka 29a.
The great and famous sage Hillel had eighty most distinguished disciples; thirty of them were said to be worthy to enjoy the Divine Presence as Moses did; another thirty were said to be great enough to have stopped the sun in its path as Yehoshua did; the remaining twenty were “in the middle.” The greatest of all of Hillel’s disciples was Jonathan ben Uzziel; the smallest among them was Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, who was familiar with all the hidden secrets of the holy Torah.
Thus our Sages described the greatness of Hillel and his disciples. And from the greatness of Hillel’s smallest disciple Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, we can imagine the greatness of Hillel’s greatest disciple Rabbi Jonathan ben Uzziel!
The Sages related that when Rabbi Jonathan ben Uzziel was busy studying the holy Torah, a bird flying over him at that moment would be burned!
So the famous question is, what happened when Hillel himself, the Rebbe of Reb Yonatan, was busy studying?
Some say that everything around him would be burned!
We mentioned the vort of the Kotzker Rebbe:
His answer: Nothing!
Greatness is peaceful and tranquil!