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The Talmud asks: If that juxtaposition is the source of the halakha, say: Just as the Festival peace-offering is brought from animals, so too the sukka roofing should consist of animals. As that is clearly not the case, that verse cannot be the source for the roofing of the sukka.
The Talmud cites a different source: When Ravin came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia he said that R' Yoḥanan said that the verse states: “You shall prepare for you the festival of Sukkot for 7 days as you gather from your threshing floor and from your winepress” (Deuteronomy 16:13), and the rabbis
The Talmud asks: And say that the verse teaches that one uses the items placed on the threshing floor itself, i.e., stalks with the grain still attached to them, and the items placed in the winepress itself, i.e., vines with the grapes still attached, as roofing. Grain and grapes, like all foods,
R' Yirmeya strongly objects to this: Why can’t a sukka be roofed with wine? Say that it is referring to congealed wine that comes from Senir, from Mount Hermon, which is similar to a cake of figs. Since it is possible to interpret the verse as referring to the use of food for roofing, the Mishnah
Rav Ashi said: One may nevertheless derive the ruling of the Mishnah from this verse: “From your threshing floor,” indicating an item that comes from the threshing floor, but not the items placed on the threshing floor, i.e., grain, itself; “from your winepress,” but not the items placed in the w