Sukkah 45a Part 3/3

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How tall were the aravos placed around the Mizbeach, and where did they stand? The beraisa gives 11 amos, and building the Mizbeach tier by tier shows they stood on the yesod and leaned an amah over. The pasuk Isru Chag ba'avosim then yields three drashos: aravos reaching the Karnos HaMizbeach, lulav and hadas as building a Mizbeach, and joining the Yom Tov with eating and drinking. An open question remains: why does the Gemara speak of building a Mizbeach, not only bringing a korban?

Key points

• The beraisa makes the aravos 11 amos tall, leaning one amah over the Mizbeach.
• The Mizbeach rose in three tiers, yesod, sovev and keranos, each one stepped in an amah.
• Standing the aravos on the yesod saves two amos, so 11 amos still lean over.
• The Gemara's second drasha: lulav with its binding and plaited hadas is like building a Mizbeach.
• Rashi's second pshat reads Isru Chag as the day after Yom Tov, joined to the Yom Tov.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The beraisa of aravos at 11 amos
2. 1:34Building the Mizbeach tier by tier
3. 7:15Counting the amos to 11
4. 11:33Isru Chag ba'avosim and the aravos
5. 12:47Lulav and plaited hadas drasha
6. 18:30Eating and drinking on Yom Tov
7. 20:37Rashi on Isru Chag
8. 25:37Why building a Mizbeach?

Topics

• Aravah
• Mizbeach
• Isru Chag
• Lulav