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DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« on: October 16, 2016, 03:13:43 AM »
Being 3am and I'm not even close to finished I figured might be nice to see what everyone else came up with...

Please post your sukkah pictures
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2016, 09:21:58 PM »


A few photos of my sukkah
I built it on a 10 foot high frame
I custom made and keep up all year round
Its made of pvc plastic with aluminum beams
Its 14x28'
Really its two 14' squares

First year I built it
Learnt a lot
Mostly what not to do....
And a lot of help from Hashem

My 3 walls are my house and two fences

The panels are just for weather
Next year I have an idea on how to make them tighter with cable ties and tension straps
They are made out of heavy weatherproof tent material
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2016, 09:33:25 PM »
Do you have lots of guests or host anything ? 28' sounds very roomy

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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2016, 10:32:06 PM »
Do you have lots of guests or host anything ? 28' sounds very roomy
Had 35 people last night
And set up a double wide table for the adults

For the kids single 6' tables

And we still fit a 14' couch across the wall
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2016, 10:45:46 PM »
Looks impressive
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2016, 11:15:54 PM »
When did you have time to build that succah?? I thought you were busy with DDF the whole day??!  ;)
It's actually very fancy and neat!!

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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2016, 11:27:30 PM »
Looks slightly bigger than my 2x2 staircase sukkah
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2016, 12:08:18 AM »
When did you have time to build that succah?? I thought you were busy with DDF the whole day??!  ;)
It's actually very fancy and neat!!
I'm on ddf on my ladder
Thanks bh
Beh stays up very windy in Brooklyn
Looks impressive
thanks

I just notice my night pics are with fluorescents off
I used led 4' shop lights from amazon when they went on sale for $38

And surprisingly 2 lit everything up beautifully!!

But so sad no decorations up....
So many people decorate their sukkah so nice

I didn't have a minute between Ddf and scach 😉
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2016, 12:51:50 AM »
But so sad no decorations up....
So many people decorate their sukkah so nice

I didn't have a minute between Ddf and scach 😉
Or if ur lebavitch no need for decorations!
(still not so clear why they don't put any). 
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2016, 02:40:01 AM »
Or if ur lebavitch no need for decorations!
(still not so clear why they don't put any).
There might be a spiritual reason as well but one of the reasons are that if it's significant to you then it may not be בטול to the סכך.

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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2016, 02:46:51 AM »
Or if ur lebavitch no need for decorations!
(still not so clear why they don't put any).
Because that's their minhag. Do you ask why about everything you do in yidishkeit?

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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2016, 02:55:13 AM »
Because that's their minhag. Do you ask why about everything you do in yidishkeit?
Yes, and your entitled to.

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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2016, 02:59:19 AM »
Or if ur lebavitch no need for decorations!
(still not so clear why they don't put any).
The deal with chabad and sukkah  decorations: there are many reasons given for it here is one:
'שיחות קודש' תש"ל ח"א עמ' 129-133. וראה 'אוצר מנהגי חב"ד', תשרי, עמ' רסז.

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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2016, 05:39:30 AM »
I'm on ddf on my ladder
The last person that did that got hurt

PS. If you're on a ladder & somebody needs help finding something, GET OFF THE LADDER FIRST. I found out the hard way :(

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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2016, 07:54:27 AM »
Or if ur lebavitch no need for decorations!
(still not so clear why they don't put any).
IINM same reason they don't wear an atara on the talis. Something to do with the mitzvah itself is beautiful and doesn't need external adornment.
If you don't care why would you comment?
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2016, 07:57:02 AM »
IINM same reason they don't wear an atara on the talis. Something to do with the mitzvah itself is beautiful and doesn't need external adornment.
There has to be a better explanation than that.

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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2016, 08:16:41 AM »
Any more sukkah pictures

I have to figure out next year a good idea for a awning on top

Problem is my house is 20 and the awning would have to extend 8 more feet off my house to 28
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2016, 09:25:24 AM »
There has to be a better explanation than that.
I guess that's why YOU need decorations. The real thing is never good enough, always need something "better".  ;D

In Lubavitch we have the quote of the Alter Rebbe "...איך וויל מער ניט אז דיך אליין".  (See http://m.he.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/528940/jewish/-.htm)

P.S. Is this thread doomed like the one I started with Sukkah pictures to be merged into the Pros and cons of minhagei Chabad (which wasn't even started to discuss actual minhagim but as a good humorous thread)?
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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2016, 09:29:17 AM »


I guess that's why YOU need decorations. The real thing is never good enough, always need something "better". 
Nope. I also didn't put decorations.


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Re: DDF Members Sukkah Pictures
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2016, 09:32:42 AM »
Nope. I also didn't put decorations.
POIDH  ;D
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