Why a succah that does not have four complete walls can still be kosher
According to Rabi Eliezer (Succah 11b), the mitzvah of Succos commemorates the Ananei Hakavod that surrounded the Jewish people on all four sides as they traveled through the desert.
However, halachah permits a succah to have as few as two walls and a tefach (handbreadth) of a third. But if a succah commemorates the clouds of glory, which completely enveloped Bnei Yisrael, shouldn’t it need to have four complete walls? Why should any other configuration be acceptable? (Rav Dovid Hofstedter, The TorahAnytimes)
Solitude. Over the last half a year, that commodity has become precious. So when a random morning found me alone in the house, I breathed in the silence with pleasure. Settling on the couch, I began folding a basket of clean laundry while mentally composing a shopping list. I could almost hear the cogs of my brain working without the usual background noises of a large family cooped up together for too long. Eggs, milk, tuna.
Thump.
My hand froze, holding a sock in midair. Did something just go thump in the middle of the day?
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