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Chayei Adam - K’lal 147 - Laws of Sitting in the Succah

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not recite ‘leisheiv ba’succah’. He should eat a k’zayis in the succah, and eat the
remainder of his meal inside. Nevertheless, he should wait afterwards until
midnight to see if it stops raining, and if it does, he should go back out to the
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succah and eat a k’zayis there, and recite leisheiv ba’succah. Alternatively, he can
eat the entire meal including kiddush inside, and say the shehecheyanu on the yom
tov, then wait until chatzos and eat a k’zayis in the succah, and if it stopped raining
[by] then, he must repeat shehecheyanu for [the mitzva of] succah and leisheiv
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ba’succah. Nevertheless, since there is a dispute among the poskim, as some say
the mitzva of matza is all night, and if so, the same applies to succah, and since it is
a matter of Torah law, it is proper to wait all night [to see] if the rain stops, and
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then eat a k’zayis in the succah. Even still, if he is distressed and wants to go to
sleep, it would appear that he could, for either way [he can], because according to
those who hold that one who is distressed is obligated [on the first night], the
same applies to eating in the rain, and he already ate, and according to those who
hold that one who is mitzta’eir is patur, if so, he is exempt anyway. Nevertheless, if
it stops raining, he is obligated, for perhaps he holds that the mitzva applies all
night long. Still, since he is distressed by [not being able to] sleep, he may go to
sleep and there is no obligation to wake him. Even if one wants to be stringent and
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wake up, he is called a “hedyot” and it is forbidden for him to sit in the succah.
Nevertheless, if he fights off sleep and it stops raining and then he eats in the
succah, he fulfills a positive commandment. If one did not eat in the succah [on the
first] night, he recites a shehecheyanu when he eats there the next day. 67

םדו רשב
recites on the yom tov of Succos, includes the yet fulfilled his obligation.
succah as well, for even if he is not fulfilling
the mitzva at the time, it is no worse than one 63. Chayei Adam’s note: The first
who recites the beracha when he completes option is better. See above, note 60.
building his succah before yom tov (Rema. See This is in fact the ruling of the Rema.
Shulchan Aruch O.C. 641). 64. Meaning, that even if he has already

61. Since, according to Tosfos and the Gra, said birkas ha’mazon, he should wash his
he is exempt from the mitzva if it is raining. hands and eat again in the succah, after the
rain stops. See Berachos 9a, Pesachim 120b
62. Since, according to Tosfos, he hasn’t (among other places) that the time limitation

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