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the status of the sukka is determined on the basis of whether it is the requisite measure or it is not the requisite measure. In other words, the difference between unfit roofing that is 4 cubits and unfit roofing that is less is a unique halakha, completely unrelated to the principle of curved wal
However, according to you, who say that the measure of 4 handbreadths for unfit roofing is due to the distance between the wall and the fit roofing, which renders the sukka unfit, what is the difference to me if it was distanced due to unfit roofing, and what is the difference to me if it was dista
Abaye said to Rabba: And according to the Master, too, although their measures are not equal in a large sukka, which is larger than 4 cubits, in a small sukka aren’t their measures equal? In a minimally sized sukka, 7 by 7 handbreadths, 3 handbreadths of unfit roofing must render the sukka unfit.
Rabba said to him: There, in the case of the minimally-sized sukka, the fact that the sukka is unfit is not due to the fact that their measures are equal. Rather, it is due to the fact that in a case where the unfit roofing is 3 handbreadths, the sukka lacks the minimum required measure of fit roo
Rabba maintains that since the two requisite measures of unfitness are not equal, they do not join together. The Talmud asks: And anywhere that their measures are not equal, do they not combine to constitute the requisite measure? But didn’t we learn in the Mishnah: The garment must be at least 3 by