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Summary

Beraisa: Psal [it means schach] extending outside of a sukkah is considered an extension to the sukkah [it is kosher].

Question: What is meant by that?

Ulla: It refers to schach that sticks out behind the sukkah.

Challenge: But it doesn’t have walls?

Resolution: The walls also extend behind the sukkah.

Challenge: But it needs a shiur [7x7 tefachim]?

Resolution: The area is 7x7 tefachim.

Challenge: But it needs to have ‘more shade than sunlight’?

Resolution: It is fully shaded.

Challenge: So then it’s obviously kosher?!

Resolution: We might think that since the wall is made for the main sukkah it cannot be used for the small outer sukkah.

Rabbah and Rav Yosef both said: It refers to schach that projects in front of the sukkah. One wall also extends out in front of the sukkah.

One might think that it's not a proper sukkah (it doesn’t have the requisite amount of walls), so the beraisa teaches that it is kosher (it can be compared to a sukkah of two walls and a tefach, although that area is not enclosed by walls).

Rabbah bar bar Chana quoting Rabbi Yochanan: It refers to a sukkah that is mostly properly shaded, but a small area has ‘more sunshine than shade’. The entire sukkah is kosher. (Here ‘psal’ means possul schach).

Extends ‘outside of the sukkah’ means that it “goes out” from a kosher status to a possul status. (Although there’s a possibility of this sukkah being covered by more airspace than schach - if all the tiny airspaces were to be added up with the small area which is majority airspace. Still, if most of the sukkah is properly shaded, the tiny airspaces are not considered at all). This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate