Study Sukkah folio 7B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
If one placed roofing over an alleyway that has a side post, it is fit for use as a sukka.
And similarly, Rava said: If one placed roofing over upright boards surrounding wells, it is fit for use as a sukka. A well is usually at least 4 handbreadths wide and 10 handbreadths deep. Therefore, it is considered a private domain, and it is prohibited to draw water from it on Shabbat, as that w
The Talmud notes: And it is necessary for Rava to state the halakha in each of the two similar cases, as if he had taught us only that the sukka is fit in the case of the alleyway, one could say that it is due to the fact that there are two full-fledged walls; however, in the case of upright board
And if he had taught us only the case of upright boards surrounding wells, one could say that it is due to the fact that in that case it is in the category of a sukka with 4, albeit virtual, walls; however, in the case where one placed roofing over an alleyway, where it is not in the category of
And if he had taught us only these two cases, to teach that a partition with regard to the halakhot of Shabbat is a partition with regard to the halakhot of sukka, one could say that it is due to the fact that one can derive a halakha from a stringency, the halakhot of Shabbat, to a leniency, the