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Summary

The reason we don’t touch a pencil on shabbos is because it would move if we touch it, and it is forbidden to move muktzah but it is permissible to touch muktzah. Therefore one is allowed to touch a camel or a tree on shabbos. However there is a rabbinic ban on using an animal or a tree on shabbos.

Mishna: If one built his sukkah on a wagon or a ship, it is kosher and he may enter it on Yom Tov.

Atop a tree or on a camel’s back, it is kosher but he may not enter it on Yom Tov.

If two walls were built in the tree and only one wall is supported independently, or if two walls are standing independently and one is supported by the tree, it is kosher but he may not enter it on Yom Tov.

If three walls are standing independently and a fourth wall is supported by the tree, it is kosher and he may enter it on Yom Tov.

This is the rule: If the sukkah can stand independently if the tree were to be removed, it is kosher and he may enter it on Yom Tov. 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