Commentary for Sukkah 33:5

ואי אשמעינן הני תרתי משום דסככן סכך כשר הוא אבל סוכה גדולה שהקיפוה בדבר שאין מסככין בו דסככה סכך פסול הוא אימא לא צריכא

And if he had informed us of those two, [one would have said that the validity applied to these cases only] because their skhakh is valid, but in the case of a large sukkah which is surrounded with a material which is invalid for a sukkah covering, since the skhakh itself is invalid, it does not apply [therefore it is] necessary [to mention all].

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