Sunday, October 12, 2008

A Blessing on Making a Sukkah

Due to time constraints this year, I won't be able to get any side-by-side comparisons for Masechet Sukkah.

Just an interesting point here and there.

For example, Sukkah 1:2 in the Yerushalmi says that we are to make a brachah on making a sukkah:

אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו לעשות סוכה

And if one makes the sukkah for someone else:

אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו לעשות סוכה לשמו

It would seem to me, without doing a full search of the commentaries, that this is by the opinion of Rebbi Eliezer, that a person needs to use davka their own sukkah.  Otherwise, why would there be a need for the 2nd version of the brachah for makign someone elses sukkah?  I haven't gotten far enough in to the masechta to see if this pans out elsewhere.

Chag Sameach

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