The Sukkah of Queen Helena of Adiabene

A sukkah higher than twenty cubits is invalid. Rabbi Judah said: It is valid. He said to them: It is told of Queen Helene’s sukkah that it was twenty cubits high and the sages went in and out of it, and none of them said anything. They said to him: That is because she is a woman, and women are exempt from the commandment of sukkah. He said to them…

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