Study Sukkah folio 27B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
One may not depart from one sukka to another sukka; he must reside in the same sukka for the entire Festival. And one may not establish a sukka during the intermediate days of the Festival if he failed to do so before the Festival. And the Rabbis say: One may depart from one sukka to another sukka,
The Talmud asks: What is the rationale for the opinion of R' Eliezer that it is prohibited to move from one sukka to another during the Festival? The Talmud explains it is as the verse says: “You shall prepare for yourself the festival of Sukkot for 7 days” (Deuteronomy 16:13); this is interpreted t
It is taught in the baraita: And they agree that if a sukka that one constructed before the Festival collapsed, he may rebuild it during the intermediate days of the Festival. The Talmud asks: That is obvious; why would it be prohibited? The Talmud answers: Lest you say that according to R' Elieze
It is taught in another baraita that R' Eliezer says: Just as a person does not fulfill his obligation on the 1st day of the Festival with the lulav of another, as it is written: “And you shall take for yourselves on the 1st day the fruit of a beautiful tree, branches of a date palm” (Leviticus 23:4
And the Rabbis say: Although they said that a person does not fulfill his obligation on the 1st day of the Festival with the lulav of another, he fulfills his obligation with the sukka of another, as it is written: “All the homeborn in Israel shall reside in sukkot” (Leviticus 23:42). This teaches t