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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 636
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Orach Chayim Siman 636 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 2 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>דין סוכה ישנה. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>סוכה ישנה דהיינו שעשאה קודם שיכנסו ל' יום שלפני החג כשרה ובלבד שיחדש בה דבר עתה בגופה לשם החג ואפילו בטפח על טפח סגי אם הוא במקום אחד ואם החידוש על פני כולה סגי אפי' כל דהו ואם עשאה לשם החג אפי' מתחלת השנה כשרה בלא חדוש:
The Law of an Old Sukkah, 2 Seifim: An old sukkah — i.e., one that was made more than 30 days before Sukkos — is valid provided something new was done to it for the sake of the festival (See Sukkah 9a). For this, even a handbreadth by a handbreadth is sufficient if it is in one place and if the new thing was done for all the Sukkah. And if it was done for the sake of the festival, even if it was done at the beginning of the year, it is valid without anything new.
יוצר כלי חרש שיש לו ב' סוכות זו לפנים מזו ועשה קדירותיו בפנימית ומוכרם בחיצונה הפנימית אינו יוצא בה ידי סוכה כיון שהיא דירתו כל השנה אינו ניכר שדר בה לשם מצוה והחיצונה יוצא בה שהרי אינו דר בה כל השנה:
[The following laws apply with regard to] a potter [whose workplace is comprised] of two [adjoining] sukkos, one of which gives access to the other, and he fashions his pots in the inner [sukkah] and sells them in the outer [sukkah]. Though the inner sukkah was built for shade, he does not fulfill [the obligation to dwell] in the sukkah with it because it serves as his dwelling throughout the year. Since he eats, sleeps, and performs most of his activities there, it would not be evident [during the festival] that he is now doing these things for the sake of the mitzvah. He may, however, fulfill his obligation using the outer [sukkah], for he does not dwell in it throughout the year.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0