Commentary for Sukkah 12:11

ר' שמעון סבר יש אם למקרא בסכות בסכות בסכות הרי כאן שש דל חד קרא לגופיה פשו להו ארבע שלש כהלכתן אתאי הלכתא וגרעתה לרביעית ואוקמתה אטפח

R. Shimon holds that the traditional reading is authoritative’. The word Sukkoth is read three times, which equals six [references]. Deduct one Scriptural reference for the law itself and four remain; three walls at least of prescribed dimensions, and tradition came and diminished the [prescribed minimum of the] fourth and reduced it to a handbreadth.

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