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Mishnah: One may not take wood from a sukka on any Festival, not only on the festival of Sukkot, because this is considered dismantling, but one may take from near it.
Talmud: The Talmud poses a question with regard to the Mishnah: In what way is this case different? Why did the Mishnah teach that from the sukka itself one may not remove wood? It is because one thereby dismantles a tent, which is a prohibited labor. But if so, if one takes wood from near it, to
Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: What is the meaning of: Near it? It means near the walls. Wood placed near the walls may be removed because it is not part of the sukka itself; the walls themselves may not be removed. Rav Menashya said: Even if you say that it is referring to a case where the woo
R' Ḥiyya bar Yosef taught the following baraita before R' Yoḥanan: One may not take wood from the sukka itself but only from the nearby wood. And R' Shimon permits one to take wood from the sukka as well. And all agree, even R' Shimon, that with regard to the sukka that was built for the festival o
The Talmud questions this baraita: And does R' Shimon permit one to take wood from the sukka itself? But isn’t one dismantling a tent, which is a prohibited labor? The Talmud answers that Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: Here, we are dealing with a sukka that has already collapsed. Therefore, the only