Sukkah 45a Part 2/3

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why did the aravos have to stand on the yesod of the Mizbeach? The beraisa has soft aravos at least eleven amos tall, bending an amah over the Mizbeach. Ameimar, in the name of Mar Zutra, works out that from the ground the Mizbeach's nine amos of height and two amos of inset already use up all eleven, so the aravos stood on the yesod. The Gemara finds a hint in Isru Chag ba'avosim ad karnos hamizbeach.

Key points

• The Gemara explains the name Motza as a place free of the king's taxes.
• The beraisa has the aravos soft and at least eleven amos, leaning an amah over the Mizbeach.
• Mar Zutra counts nine amos up plus two inset amos, so the aravos stood on the yesod.
• The Gemara darshens ba'avosim in Isru Chag as aravos reaching the karnos hamizbeach.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Motza, the tax-free place
2. 0:40Owning something worth less than a pruta
3. 1:54Beraisa on soft eleven-amah aravos
4. 3:45Mar Zutra and the yesod
5. 8:47The shape of the Mizbeach
6. 15:21Working out the cheshbon
7. 21:31The hint in Isru Chag Ba'avosim

Topics

• Arava
• Mizbeach
• Yesod
• Isru Chag