Tent inside the Sukkah - To Prevent Allergy
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Question
I have an allergy and cannot sleep in the sukkah during this season in Argentina due to pollen from tree blossoms, so I bought a folding tent to sleep inside. The details are as follows: it is taller than ten tefachim, 135 cm, but from the mattress to the highest point of the roof, there are not ten tefachim. The roof does not have a width of a tefach. A photo is attached. The question is whether this is defined as a kilah, kinofot, or naklitin (see Siman תרכ"ז and Mishnah Berurah there, סק ז'). If you could clarify this for me, I would be very grateful!!
Answer
Hello,
Even if the roof does not have a tefach, but within three tefachim from the roof there is a width of a tefach, it is considered a roof and invalidates the sukkah.
According to the photo of the tent you attached, at a short distance from the roof, it expands to a width of more than three tefachim, and therefore it is forbidden to sleep inside the tent.
Source
Mishnah Berurah תרכ"ז s"k 6