משנה: סוּכָּה הַמְדוּבְלֶלֶת שֶׁצִּילָּתָהּ מְרוּבָּה מֵחַמָּתָהּ כְּשֵׁירָה. הַמְעוּבָּה כְמִין בַּיִת אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין הַכּוֹכָבִים נִרְאִים מִתּוֹכָהּ כְּשֵׁירָה: MISHNAH: A wilted sukkah whose shade is more than its sunshine is qualified17Cf. Chapter 1, Notes 117–119.. A stiff one like a house18The thatched roof is waterproof as one of a house is supposed to be; as long as it is from vegetal material impervious to impurity, it is qualified., even though the stars are not visible from inside, is qualified.
הלכה: רַב וּשְׁמוּאֵל. חַד אָמַר. מְדוּלֶּלֶת. וְחוֹרָנָה אָמַר. מְדוּבְלֶלֶת. מָאן דְּאָמַר. מְדוּלֶּלֶת. בְּשֶׁצִּילָּתָהּ מְרוּבָּה. וּמָאן דְּאָמַר. מְדוּבְלֶלֶת. בְּשֶׁאֵין צִילָּתָהּ מְרוּבָּה. HALAKHAH: Rav and Samuel, one said “thinned out”, and one said “wilted”. He who said “thinned out”, if i6t had much shade19If a thick thatched roof is thinned out, one has to be careful that shade should still be more than sunlight; it is not enough that sunlight should not be more than shade.; but he who said “wilted,” if it does not have much shade20If from the start one has to worry that the roof will not stay for 8 days but will wilt before that time, one has to add enough material that in all situations there is more shade than sunlight. Cf. Babli 22a,b..
הָדָא אָֽמְרָה. צְרִיכִין הַכּוֹכָבִים שֶׁיְּהוּ נִרָאִין מִתּוֹכָהּ. רִבִּי לֵוִי בְשֵׁם רִבִּי חָמָא בַּר חֲנִינָה. בְּכוֹכְבֵי חַמָּה שָׁנוּ. This implies21The statement in the Mishnah that a thatched roof is qualified even if the stars are not visible implies that usually they should be visible; a requirement for the House of Shammai, Babli 22b., that the stars should be seen from inside. Rebbi Levi in the name of Rebbi Ḥama bar Ḥanina, they stated this about the sun star22But in the night no stars need be seen for the most pious interpretation..