All Halocha Shailos and Tiffeh Questions

[aygart]

I have taken religious symbols off the wall a couple of times in hotel rooms.

[koplonko]

He isn’t talking about general מינות. He’s talking about a specific symbol.

Ok

[TimT]

Is canvas covering the beams (or even plastic or tape for that matter) enough to put schach on, or does there need to be something thicker/harder in between ?

[EliJelly]

Is canvas covering the beams (or even plastic or tape for that matter) enough to put schach on, or does there need to be something thicker/harder in between ?

Metal beams? Run wood 2x4 across that and then the schach should run across the 2x4, so the wood should bear the weight.

[TimT]

Metal beams? Run wood 2x4 across that and then the schach should run across the 2x4, so the wood should bear the weight.

Are 2x4’s necessary or is any thin thing in between good enough ?

[EliJelly]

Are 2x4’s necessary or is any thin thing in between good enough ?

Placed above the metal beams just as sort of a kosher חציצה? AFAIK it's worthless since the real maamid would still be the metal beam. If you cannot work around an easy fix then discuss the situation with a competent posek to try getting the best solution. 

[TimT]

Placed above the metal beams just as sort of a kosher חציצה? AFAIK it's worthless since the real maamid would still be the metal beam.

Thanks for this.

[yungermanchik]

Placed above the metal beams just as sort of a kosher חציצה? AFAIK it's worthless since the real maamid would still be the metal beam. If you cannot work around an easy fix then discuss the situation with a competent posek to try getting the best solution.

Every Canvas sukkah uses this. Unless you are choshesh for the Chazon Ish, of maamid d'maamid, it is totally fine. Wood that is not fabric or plastic.
The other thing you might have to be concerned about is the movement of the canvas. Some say up to 3 tefachim of sway, some say up to a tefach. and others say None At All. The best bet for that is Lavud straps although strings can work too (if you have them tight enough and at the right intervals.

[imayid2]

The best bet for that is Lavud straps although strings can work too (if you have them tight enough and at the right intervals.

And the right amount of walls.

[EliJelly]

Every Canvas sukkah uses this. Unless you are choshesh for the Chazon Ish, of maamid d'maamid, it is totally fine.

People placing the schach rolls to run directly on the canvas sukkah frame, without any wooden cross beams? AFAIK that would be a maamid, not a maamid d'maamid. According to the Cazon Ish even cross wooden beams wouldn't help. Unless we aren't talking of the same scenario.

[incendia]

On YK:

If one has chap or cracked lips can they use valine to sooth them? Does it matter if its "flavored"?

If one has a back or joint ace can one use Icey Hot?

[TimT]

People placing the schach rolls to run directly on the canvas sukkah frame, without any wooden cross beams? AFAIK that would be a maamid, not a maamid d'maamid. According to the Cazon Ish even cross wooden beams wouldn't help. Unless we aren't talking of the same scenario.

The canvas have extra flaps with velcro that fold over the metal beams. I was curious if that would be sufficient.

[aygart]

The canvas have extra flaps with velcro that fold over the metal beams. I was curious if that would be sufficient.

Fabric is also mekabel tuma. Synthetics have a bit of a tumult about it and it makes a difference regarding kesamim and tzitzis as well, but even if it is not mekabel tuma it has to do with being from the earth or from the sea and is not kosher schach.

[Moshe Green]

On YK:

If one has chap or cracked lips can they use valine to sooth them? Does it matter if its "flavored"?

i believe that even on Shabbos it would be a problem of memareiach
(https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/applying-cosmetics-on-shabbat-and-yom-tov-part-three-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter)
(https://din.org.il/en/2019/12/26/lotion-on-shabbos/)

[yungermanchik]

People placing the schach rolls to run directly on the canvas sukkah frame, without any wooden cross beams? AFAIK that would be a maamid, not a maamid d'maamid. According to the Cazon Ish even cross wooden beams wouldn't help. Unless we aren't talking of the same scenario.

I thought you were talking about the wood on top that it wouldn't help because the "real" support is from the metal frame. It has to be wood not fabric or plastic, but it can be thinner like shims or 1x2 because if you don't go with the Ch"I the metal is supporting the weight regardless.

[imayid2]

It has to be wood not fabric or plastic, but it can be thinner like shims or 1x2 because if you don't go with the Ch"I the metal is supporting the weight regardless.

It is questionable if the wood is placed directly on the metal if it’s accomplishing anything.

[EliJelly]

It is questionable if the wood is placed directly on the metal if it’s accomplishing anything.

That's the common consensus, although I just saw now bringing from Reb Yisrol Yakkov Fisher that he was ok with that too because a mere היכר is also enough, but that's not commonly accepted. You'll see all over people running wooden beams even on the canvas frames and then criss-crossing the schach on top.

See the פסקי תשובות here explaining this point.

[imayid2]

I just saw now bringing from Reb Yisrol Yakkov Fisher R. Tzvi Pesach Frank

FTFY

[EliJelly]

FTFY

Both can be true. I saw clearly from R YY Fisher

[Ver hut gazugt]

AFAIK a lot chabad rabbinim hold canvas sukkahs are problematic. Makes it hard on cholie moed as almost all places that advertise a sukkah have a canvas one. Plus chabad Minhag is not drink out of the sukkah.