Commentary for Sukkah 20:11

שאני קינופות דקביעי והרי סוכה על גבי סוכה דקביעא ואמר שמואל כהכשרה כך פסולה אמרי התם דלמפסל סוכה בעשרה הכא דלשויי אוהלא בציר מעשרה נמי הוי אוהלא

Kinofoth are different, since they are permanent. But, behold the case of one Sukkah above another, which is also permanent; and Shmuel nevertheless said, ‘As its validity so is its invalidity’? They said: In the latter case, [when it is a question] of invalidating a Sukkah, [the upper one must be ten [handbreadths] high, but here, [where it is a question] of making a tent, even less than ten [handbreadths suffices] also to constitute a tent.

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