Sukkah, Daf 8

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 8.

The discussion about the validity of a circular sukkah continues, with mathematical calculations about how to achieve a circular area large enough to fulfill the requirement that a sukkah have dimensions of at least four by four cubits. The discussion about the teaching that the sukkah accommodate twenty-four people also continues. A different topic arises: in what ways can the consideration of the validity of a sukkah for the festival of Sukkot be informed by discussing other types of booths (also called sukkot) not built for a purpose other than celebrating the festival. These could include booths used by craftsmen, shepherds, field workers, and others. One consideration is that a booth built in order to provide shade and shelter could also be used as a sukkah for the festival.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

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Rabbi Lewis Warshauer

Rabbi Lewis S. Warshauer teaches adult education seminars in Judaism. He has served as adjunct rabbi at Congregation Habonim in New York City and was a teaching fellow in the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Kollot/Voices of Learning program. Rabbi Warshauer served as assistant rabbi at Congregation Beth Shalom in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1997 to 2000. He received his ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1997, and was a recipient of a Wexner Graduate Fellowship.As part of his rabbinical training, he studied at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles and the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem. He also studied at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.

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