Commentary for Sukkah 13:3

רבי סימון ואיתימא רבי יהושע בן לוי אמר עושה לו טפח שוחק ומעמידו בפחות משלשה טפחים סמוך לדופן וכל פחות משלשה סמוך לדופן כלבוד דמי

R. Simon (or, as some say, R. Joshua b. Levi) ruled: One makes [the additional wall of the width of] a loose handbreadth and places it within three handbreaths of the wall, since whatever is less than three handbreadths from the wall is regarded as joined to the wall.

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