FOUR RIDDLES FOR YOUR SUKKOS TABLE

 

RIDDLE #1 Last year this branch produced אתרוגים מורכבים This year the same branch produced 100% kosher non מורכבים Esrogim. ?  ANSWER If a branch from a kosher Esrog tree was grafted to a lemon tree, the fruits (Esrogim) are מורכב (Pasul)  (yr. 1) If that same branch was removed from the  lemon tree and grafted back to the Kosher Esrog Tree  the Esrogim are Kosher. (yr. 2)* שמעתי מפי מורי ורבי הרה"ג ר' שלמה מילר שליט"א* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riddle #2   Husband & wife are both eating in the Sukah at the same time. The husband is not יוצא מצות סוכה & the wife is יוצא. The only reason for the difference is because  he is a זכר & she is a נקבה. ? ANSWER If someone eats in the Sukah with his table outside the Sukah he is not יוצא מצות סוכה Chazal were גוזר that he is not יוצא because he might end up eating חוץ לסוכה. Harav Hagaon R.Y.S Elyashiv Zt"l holds that the גזירת חז"ל was only for זכרים and not for נקבות. (we're not concerned if they end up eating חוץ לסוכה) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIDDLE # 3 3) By Saying a פרק תהלים this סוכה פסולה becomes a Kosher סוכה ? ANSWER   3) A 2 walled סוכה built in a מבוי one may consider the לחי  of the מבוי as a Mechitza  (3d wall) for the סוכה  on Shabbos Sukkos only. The reason is because of מיגו. Since it is considered a Mechitza for Shabbos it is also considered  a Mechitza for the סוכה. This 2 walled סוכה is kosher only on Shabbos and not on the weekdays. Someone being מקבל שבת early and doing so by saying מזמור שיר ליום השבת changes a non-kosher סוכה into a kosher one. O.Ch. 630 : 7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riddle#4 By Saying a few words this סוכה פסולה becomes a Kosher סוכה. ? ANSWER   A סוכה, higher than 20 אמות is פסול. If you place straw etc. on the floor of the סוכה and thereby reduce the height, it is kosher, only if you are מבטל בפה the straw to the floor. You must verbalize & say, that you plan to keep the straw there.  O. Ch. 633 – 4