Reeh 16:13 · unit 3

TT #406 · Parashas Reeh · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 16:13

The Complete Passuk

חַ֧ג הַסֻּכֹּ֛ת תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים בְּאָסְפְּךָ֕ מִֽגׇּרְנְךָ֖ וּמִיִּקְבֶֽךָ׃

The festival of Sukkos you shall make for yourself seven days, when you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress.

Chabad.org — 16:13

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sukkah.

Sefaria — Sukkah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּעֲשֶׂה לְךָ – לְךָ לְמַעֵט גְּזוּלָה, אֲבָל שְׁאוּלָה כְּשֵׁרָה, דִּכְתִיב כׇּל הָאֶזְרָח בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשְׁבוּ בַּסֻּכּוֹת, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכׇּל יִשְׂרָאֵל רְאוּיִין לֵישֵׁב בְּסוּכָּה אַחַת.

English: "You shall make for yourself" — "for yourself" excludes a stolen sukkah, but a borrowed sukkah is valid, for it is written "every citizen in Israel shall dwell in sukkos," teaching that all Israel are fit to dwell in one sukkah.

On the daf / in context: A stolen sukkah is invalid, yet a borrowed one is valid; the entire nation could in theory share a single sukkah through successive borrowing.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sukkah) — a stolen sukkah is invalid; a borrowed one is valid.

What Is Learned

A sukkah that is stolen is invalid, but a sukkah that is borrowed is valid for the mitzvah.