Shiur #1: Sukkah 2a/2b

I have done the daf yomi mostly since Meseches Pesachim...yet I need to review. So, I am setting up a calendar to review beginning with Sukkah. I will publicize this, so others can use the resources I cite. Please send additional ones, I will update if necessary posts if I find other resources of interest.

To See the Gemara
Visit e-daf.com also YU has a magnifying glass for enhanced viewing (see http://www.yutorah.org/daf.cfm?masechta=6010&daf=2&amud=a)

2a/2b
Shiurim: Daf 2 (see which you like)
YU: http://www.yutorah.org/showShiur.cfm?shiurID=715963
Daily Gemara: http://www.dailygemara.com/Default.asp?MasechetID=11&PageID=623

Intro to Mesechta: http://www.steinsaltz.org/dynamic/DafYomi_details.asp?id=370

Links: http://alfasi.blogspot.com/2006/09/rif-succah-1a-succah-2a-b.html
http://alfasi.blogspot.com/2006/09/rif-succah-1b-succah-2b-continues-3b.html

From Kollel Iyun HaDaf
Background: http://dafyomi.shemayisrael.co.il/sukah/backgrnd/su-in-002.htm
Insights: http://dafyomi.shemayisrael.co.il/sukah/insites/su-dt-002.htm
More Later...
Point by Point Outline: http://dafyomi.shemayisrael.co.il/sukah/points/su-ps-002.htm


Blog Posts:
Dafnotes
Daf Yomi - Sukkah 2 - Shade at Twenty Amos
The Chachamim maintain that a Sukkah that is higher than twenty amos is invalid. One of the reasons offered by the Gemara is that one is obligated to sit in the shade of the Sukkah, which refers to the s’chach. When the Sukkah is higher than twenty amos, there will be no shade from the s’chach. Rather, the shade will be from the walls. Ritva wonders about this, because in the middle of the day, when the sun is directly above, the shade will be from the s’chach and not from the walls?...
Entire Post: http://dafnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/daf-yomi-sukkah-2-shade-at-twenty-amos.html

Daf Yomi - Sukkah 2 - Spelling of Sukkah
The Cheishek Shlomo notes that the word Sukkah is always spelled in the Talmud with the letter vav, yet in Scripture the word Sukkah is always spelled without a vav. The word Sukkos in the plural form, however, is spelled with a vav...
Enire Post: http://dafnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/daf-yomi-sukkah-2-spelling-of-sukkah.html

Daf Yomi - Sukkah 2 - A Little Bit Shady
A Sukkah is designed to provide shade. The Mishnah states that if the sunny area of a Sukkah is greater than its shaded area, the Sukkah is invalid. Rashi explains that the minority of shaded area on the Sukkah floor is negated by the majority of sunny area. The commentators wonder why it was necessary for Rashi to offer this reason. Is it not obvious that a Sukkah that does not have the necessary amount of shade is invalid?...
Enire Post: http://dafnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/daf-yomi-sukkah-2-little-bit-shady.html

Daf Yomi - Sukkah 2 - Chanukah Derived from the Torah
The Gemora brings a Mishna in Eruvin which contains an argument regarding a mavuy which is higher than twenty cubits. The sages hold that it not valid and one should lower it and Rabbi Yehuda maintains that lowering it is not necessary. The Gemora explains why our Mishna states that the sukkah is unfit and the Mishna in Eruvin states how to fix the mavuy. One of the distinctions offered is that sukkah is a halacho from the Torah and therefore it says psula, however mavuy which is only from the sages, we do not utilize the word 'pasul,' rather the Mishna states what the options are.

Tosfos asks from a Gemora in Shabbos that states if one placed the menorah for Chanukah higher than twenty cubits from the street, it is passul. Lighting the menorah on Chanukah is only from the sages, so how can we state pesula?...
Entire Post: http://dafnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/daf-yomi-sukkah-2-chanukah-derived.html

Daf Yomi - Sukkah 2 - Chinuch with all the Pitchevkes
There is an argument regarding a sukkah that is more than twenty amos high. The sages hold that it is invalid and Rabbi Yehuda maintains that it is kosher. The Gemora proceeds to bring a proof by relating a story where the sages went to visit Hilni the Queen. Her sukkah was more than twenty cubits high. The Gemora could not bring a proof from her for a woman is exempt from the obligation of sitting in a sukkah. However, there is a proof nonetheless, for Hilni had seven sons and certainly one of them was of the age of chinuch and hence Hilni had an obligation to ensure that her son was sitting in a kosher sukkah.
Entire Post: http://dafnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/daf-yomi-sukkah-2-chinuch-with-all.html
See Also: Posul is Posul
Sukkah 2 Highlights