Sukkah 14B

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However, two boards placed on the sukka do not combine. R' Meir says: Even boards are like sheets, in that they join together to constitute the measure of unfitness.

The Talmud elaborates: Granted, according to Shmuel, who said that the dispute between R' Yehuda and R' Meir is with regard to boards that do not have 4 handbreadths in their width, but if they have 4 handbreadths in their width everyone agrees that it is unfit; what is the meaning of that which R'

However, according to Rav, who said that the dispute is with regard to boards that have 4 handbreadths in their width, but if they do not have 4 handbreadths in their width everyone agrees that it is fit, what are the circumstances? If each of the boards has 4 handbreadths in its width, why must the

The Talmud answers: Actually, explain that there are 4 handbreadths in the width of each board and each renders the sukka unfit on its own. However, what is the meaning of: Boards join together? It is with regard to a completely different matter. They join together to constitute 4 cubits from the

There is another version of the above exchange. Granted, according to Shmuel, who said that the dispute between R' Yehuda and R' Meir is with regard to boards that do not have 4 handbreadths in their width, but if they have 4 handbreadths in their width, everyone agrees that it is unfit, what is the