A sukkah is like a fort, except it might be a little bigger, and a sukkah is going to be outside
How to build a Sukkah
- You need at least 2 and a half walls covered with a material that will not bow away in the wind, and the reason it has to be at least two and a half walls is because one letter in the word "Sukkah" has four sides, and one has three sides, and one had two and a half sides
- But just because a sukkah has two and a half sides doesn't mean the walls have to be solid; they could be canvas covering tied or nailed down, an that is commomn in the United States
- A sukkah can be small enough to put your head in it!
- The roof of the sukkah must made of sekhakh, such as tree branches, corn stalks, bamboo reeds, sticks, or 2 by 4s
- The sekhakh must be left loose, not tied together or tied down, so sparesly enough that rain can get in and that you can see the stars; but not so sparsely that more than ten inches is open at any point, or that there is more light than shade
- The Sekhakh must be put on last
- You can put a water-proof cover over the top of the sukkah if is it raining so the contents of the sukkah won't get ruined, but you can't use it as a sukkah while it is covered
