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


              because  the  mitzva  is]  like  one  lives,  [meaning  that]  just  like  all  year  long  one
              rests at an inn during the day for a few hours. Furthermore, this is no less of a
              distress  than  going  to  his  friend’s  succah.   At  night,  however,  since  he  will  be
              resting the entire night, he must go to a succah.   106   If, however, he must build a
              succah,  he  would  have  to  be  busy  with  it  most  of  the  night,  or  at  least  a  few
              hours, which is not as he [would normally] live.  107  [Nevertheless,] all agree that he
              doesn’t have to wait to eat until he builds a  succah. Just like when it rains, we
              don’t require him to wait, but rather, since he wants to eat and doesn’t have a
              succah,  he  is  exempt,  and  the  same  applies  here.   Those  who  travel  to  villages

              should be stringent and return home. If they are in one place for several days,
              they  are  obligated  to  build  a  succah  there. 108   Nevertheless,  it  is  permitted  for
              travelers to be machmir. 109

              ]23[  Those people who sit in a store during the day must go home to eat in



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              106.   Chayei  Adam’s  note:  And  then,     build a succah when he stops at night, even if
              there  is  no  difficulty  in  that  which  the   it involves great efforts. The Chayei Adam here
              Magen  Avraham  asked  that  if  so,  day  and   offers  that  while  when  travelling  during  the
              night are equal.                             day, one need not go out of his way to search
                     The Levush writes that during the day,   for a succah or even wait until he reaches one
              one does not have to wait to eat until he finds   in order to rest or eat, at night he must wait
              a  succah  to  eat  in,  but  at  night,  if  there  is  a   until  he  exerts  himself  and  go  to  the  place
              succah, he must eat and sleep in it, but if he   where there is a succah. If one is not available
              stops overnight to stay among non-Jews, he is   in that place, he is exempt and need not build
              not  obligated  to  build  a  succah  there.  The   one.
              Magen Avraham is bothered by this statement
              on  two  counts:  First  of  all,  he  questions  why   107.   Chayei  Adam’s  note:  And  that
              the  Levush  equates  staying  among  non-Jews   which Tosfos and the Ran write that when
              as stopping in a transitory place. Furthermore,   he gets to a settled place meaning a place
              he understands the Levush to mean that one is   where there is a succah and so is implied by
              only obligated to sit in a succah at night, if it is   the words of the Orchos Chaim cited by the
              readily available. If this is the case, why should   Beis  Yosef.  Nevertheless,  one  who  is
              he  be  exempt  during  the  day.  Based  on  this,   stringent, is praiseworthy.
              the  Magen  Avraham  rules  that  one  should       The Orchos  Chaim  and the Ran write




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