BH

Sukkah 22a 

Tammuz 5, 5781

June 15, 2021

1- Placing the סכך on material that is מקבל טומאה, such as metal. 

We read the text of the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch. See here.

Basically, it boils down to this: the issue is what people will think and perhaps err. 

If placing the סכך on a type of material that is פסול for schach will cause people to think that one can use this material for the actual סכך then it is אסור. 

If there is no chance for such an error, such as placing it on a stone wall, there is no issue. No one will conclude that placing the סכך on stones means that one can use stones for the actual סכך. 

So placing the schach on 2x4s aluminum poles that crisscross the Sukkah ……depends if an observer will/may conclude that the entire Sukkah can be covered with these aluminum poles.  Ditto for placing it on an aluminum frame. 

2- Discussed the outlier opinion that even the ‘support of the support’ מעמיד המעמיד, cannot be of material that is מקבל טומאה. Such as placing סכך atop wooden 2×2, which in itself is fine to support the סכך, on top of a metal support.  

See here. 

This translates into prohibiting even a nail to support the walls (if they cannot stand on their own) since that supports the סכך!

The consensus is that this opinion is not accepted.

3 – We learned the next Mishna about סכך that is layered. Staggered or one directly on top of the other. 

 The explanation of Rashi and Tosfos. The concept of חבוט רמי. 

4- Remember!  Always use Goldberg’s nails. They’re guaranteed to last over 2,000 years…..