Sukkah

is a Separate festival with regard to P'Z'R’ K'SH'B’1 i.e., with regard to balloting it is a separate festival,2 with regard to the benediction of the season it is a separate festival,3 with regard to the nature of the festival it is a separate festival,4 with regard to its sacrifice it is a separate festival,5 with regard to its psalm it is a separate festival,3 and with regard to its benediction it is a separate festival.3 MISHNAH. ‘THE HALLEL [WAS RECITED] AND THE [PEACE-OFFERINGS OF] REJOICING [WERE OFFERED] ON ALL THE EIGHT DAYS’ — HOW IS THAT? THIS TEACHES THAT ONE IS BOUND TO RECITE THE HALLEL, [OFFER PEACE-OFFERINGS OF] REJOICING AND SHOW HONOUR TO THE FESTIVAL ON THE LAST DAY, AS ON ALL THE OTHER DAYS OF THE FESTIVAL. GEMARA. Whence do we know this?6 — From what our Rabbis taught, [The verse], And thou shalt be altogether joyful7 includes8 the night of the last day of the Festival.9 But perhaps this is not so, but the text was meant to include [the night of] the first day of the Festival?10 As it says, ak11 a division is indicated.12 But why have you seen fit to include the last night of the Festival and to exclude the first night? I include the last night since it is preceded by rejoicing13 and exclude the first night which is not preceded by rejoicing. MISHNAH. THE SUKKAH [MUST BE USED ALL] SEVEN DAYS. HOW IS THIS [TO BE UNDERSTOOD]? WHEN A MAN HAS FINISHED HIS [LAST] MEAL,14 HE MAY NOT DISMANTLE HIS SUKKAH.15 HE MAY, HOWEVER, REMOVE ITS FURNITURE16 FROM THE AFTERNOON ONWARDS IN HONOUR OF THE LAST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL.17 GEMARA. If a man has no FURNITURE to remove,18 what shall he do? ‘If a man has no FURNITURE’! What then did he use when he was using [his Sukkah]? — Rather say, If he had no place where to put his furniture19 what shall he do?20 — R. Hiyya b. Ashi21 answered, He removes four handbreadths [of its roof],22 while R. Joshua b. Levi answered, he should kindle a lamp in it.23 In fact, however, there is no difference of opinion between them, the latter referring to us [Babylonians], and the former to them [the Palestinians].24 This25 is a satisfactory procedure with regard to a Sukkah of minimum size26 but what can be said with regard to a large Sukkah?27 — One might carry into it eating utensils, since Raba ruled, Eating utensils must be kept outside the Sukkah; drinking vessels in the Sukkah.28 MISHNAH. HOW WAS THE WATER LIBATION [PERFORMED]? A GOLDEN FLAGON HOLDING THREE LOGS WAS FILLED FROM THE SILOAM.29 WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE WATER GATE,30 THEY SOUNDED A TEKI'AH [LONG BLAST], A TERU'AH [TREMULOUS NOTE] AND AGAIN A TEKI'AH [LONG BLAST]. [THE PRIEST THEN] WENT UP THE ASCENT [OF THE ALTAR]31 AND TURNED TO HIS LEFT32 WHERE THERE WERE TWO SILVER BOWLS. R. JUDAH SAID, THEY WERE OF PLASTER [BUT THEY LOOKED SILVER] BECAUSE THEIR SURFACES WERE DARKENED FROM THE WINE. THEY HAD EACH A HOLE ‘sacrifice’, rha ‘psalm’, vfrc ‘benediction’. unnecessary. On the Eighth Day there was but one bullock offered and it was balloted for (cf. infra 55b). eighth of the days of Tabernacles on each of which the number of bullocks was reduced by one. concluding day, i.e., the number of sacrifices on the seventh day must be such as to suffice for the night following; and since the night is included much more so the day that follows since the time for offerings is the day-time. when no offering may be brought. but as an ordinary hut. Sukkah must, therefore, be used on the morrow. It cannot be invalidated by a breach in its roof so one places there a lamp which can subsequently be removed. The Palestinians, however, who are familiar with the calculations, make no more use of the Sukkah after the seventh day, and it may, therefore, be invalidated on that day.