I wasn’t planning on posting. I didn’t have anything to post on that I could think of. But then I happened across this post about Sukkot found on the Lansey Brothers’ Blog. I just had to leave a comment to that post. Hilarity ensued. Or rather will ensue, I hope. Or maybe despair will ensue. I just want some ensuing to happen, ok?
As I recall (and I am not making this up), according to the halachot of sukkah, you can use a person as part of a wall of a sukkah, provided that 1) the person doesn’t move and 2) the person is unaware that he/she is part of a sukkah. So just invite some friends over:
Eli: Hey, guys, come over my house for dinner!
Guys: Great!
Later that evening…
Guys: Can we come inside?
Eli: No, we’re eating out here, because it’s Sukkot.
Guys: Oh, right. But where’s the sukkah?
Eli: Um…I don’t…know. Can you guys stand in lines forming a rectangle? Here, let me arrange you. Now don’t move, ok?
Guys: What’s going on? Why can’t we move?
Eli: It’s, it’s a game! the, um, the “don’t move till we’re done dinner game!”
Guys: Dinner? So we can eat now?
Eli: No, not so much.
Guys: Why not?
Eli: Because you’re not in a sukkah.
The Guys spontaneously combust due to the volatile combination of frustration and absurdity.
The Rabbinic Sages roll in their graves. Some may even weep.
So there you have it – a simple solution, all laid out. All you have to figure out now is what to do about schach. (Eli: Ok, now wear these branches as hats…)
By the way, women are not excluded from this. Even though the mitzvah of being part of a sukkah is a time-bound positive mitzvah, a woman can be a sukkah wall as much as a man can. However, it may be wise to adopt the custom of not having a sukkah made of both men and women, as it may lead to mixed dancing.
You are making that up. I refuse to believe otherwise. (The part about women reinforces my certainty — the logic doesn’t follow.)
The part about women was a stretch, but the rest is genuine. I can’t recall where it is, but when I find the source, I’ll let you know.
wow. just, wow. you know, I tell my family about all the really weird things I learn. And then they harass me for being Orthodox. Which is funny, because I’m most definitely not.
So right! He was so obnoxious and anal. I finally muted it when he wouldn’t stop with the “Oh my ********* God!” The popper wanted the sack out but this guy thought he knew better. Get a new friend.
I’ll try to put this to good use immediately.
Gute Lehrer gibt es eben nur an guten Schulen. Leider habe ich Jan Hahn nicht kennen gelernt. Meine Zeit an der TSS liegt 18 zurück. 😉