First, put together the walls and then after put the
roof covering (Schach) on top. The roof is to be made from material that naturally grows. There is no preference to the material used for the
sukkah walls, as long as they are sturdy and durable enough to stand up against the force of an average gust of wind. When sheets or canvas is used for the
sukkah walls, its important to bind them together tight to the frame so no wind will knock them out of place. If the walls sway they are not considered to be walls that may be officially used.
If the frame is constructed first, then the roof (schach) is placed on top, and after that the walls are put up, the
sukkah is not considered to be fit for use. The walls would need to be built before the roof (schach) is placed on top for it be fit for use, but if the frame are at least (a handbreadth) wide, the roof may be placed on top before the walls are built.
If the schach on the roof before building the walls, a person can still make the
sukkah ready to be used. Just follow these steps, lift the schach up from where it is and then let it down. When done like this, its as if the schach has now been placed on top of the
sukkah.
If one built two complete walls, a third wall which is more than a
tefach wide, and a doorway between the walls, the
sukkah is fit for use. Nevertheless, it is preferable to build four full walls.
Not all materials can be used for
sechach. The material used as
sechach must be something of plant origin that is now detached from the ground. It may not have been previously used for another purpose. It must never have acquired the status of a utensil nor have been capable of becoming ritually impure. Thus, branches which have been cut from a tree, strips of wood, straw, and similar materials can be used for
sechach. Boards which were previously part of a crate may not be used for
sechach since they originate from a utensil. Similarly, one may not use materials which are edible and if one does so, the
sukkah is not fit for use.
Boards that are four tefachim wide cannot be used for sechach even if they had never been used previously, for their width makes them look like the ceiling in a home.
If one built his
sukkah under a tree whose branches cover the
sukkah, the
sukkah is unfit for use even if one also uses proper
sechach. The branches are considered to be part of the
sechach since they also cover the
sukkah; and since
sechach can only be taken from something that is detached from the ground, the
sukkah is unfit.
The Sages did not approve of using malodorous materials for
sechach. Similarly, one should not use branches whose leaves fall off easily since they spoil the sukkah and may cause the person to leave the
sukkah. Moreover, if the leaves fall off easily, the
sechach may become so scanty and diminished that the
sukkah will become unfit for use, for the
halachah states that there must be more shade than sunlight in the
sukkah.
Regarding bundles of stalks: If there are twenty-five stalks in the bundle, they may not be used for
sechach as long as they are bundled together. If, however, one placed the bundle on the roof of the
sukkah [with the intention of using them as
sechach] and then unbound them, they may be used as
sechach.
A mat of stalks or straw which was made specifically to be used as sechach may be used even though it has other uses as well. Since it was specifically intended for use as sechach, it is not susceptible to ritual defilement and is therefore fit for use.
One must place a sufficient amount of
sechach so that the resultant shadow inside the
sukkah is greater than the sunlight. If the amount of
sechach is not sufficient to make the shadowed area of the
sukkah greater than the sunlit area, the
sukkah is unfit for use.
On the other hand, one should not place an excessive amount of
sechach on the
sukkah, i.e., an amount that prevents one from seeing the larger stars in the night sky through the
sechach. However, even if this amount of
sechach is used, the
sukkah is nevertheless fit for use provided that the
sechach is not so dense that rain cannot penetrate.
One may not derive any benefit from the materials used to construct the
sukkah and the
sechach during the eight days of the Festival.
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