3959. SUCCOT, TABERNACLE – BY REGULATION, WHEN SITTING IN A SUCCAH THE OCUPANTS MUST SEE STARS THROUGH IT’S ROOF, IN ORDER TO EMPHESIZE IT BEING A BOOTH IN THE OPEN, LIKE THESE BUILT BY THE ISRAELITES TRAVELING IN THE DESERT. OBSERVANT JEWS WHO HAVE NO GARDEN OR BALCONY REMOUVE THE TILES FROM THE ROOF IN ORDER TO ACHIVE THIS EFECT
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