#5610 Build on Time!
Question
Dear Rabbi Shlit”a. Is there a mitzva this year (2025) to build the Suka on Friday when we have to be preparing for Shabbat? How about after Chatzot (mid day)?
Answer
Although Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 251: 1) rules that whoever does work on the afternoon of Erev Shabbat (Friday) does not see any blessing from it, it does not apply to the work done for a mitzva, as the preparations needed for Shabbat.
Some Poskim maintain that it also includes the building of the Suka when not essential especially after Chatzot. (See Kovetz Halochos (1: 11)
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: October 3, 2025
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