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

their succah, even though during the rest of the year they eat in their stores. [This
is true] even if the store is inside the city and they live outside of it, as only
travelers are exempt from succah, but not one who sits at home. 110

]24[ People who guard gardens and orchards are patur [from succah] both
during the day and at night; [because] we can’t tell them to build a succah there,
because if people will realize the guard has a fixed place, they will steal from the
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other side. Therefore, if he is guarding a pile of fruits, that he can guard all of it
from one vantage point, he must build a succah there. Even though he can’t bring
all his furniture and other items with him, he anyway lives that way all year
long. One who makes wine in the non-Jewish wineries on Succos is exempt [from
succah] because he must watch them to make sure that no non-Jew touches the
wine. In this case as well, if he can watch [everything] from a single place, he is
obligated [to build a succah]. 112

]25[ Women and slaves are exempt from succah since it is a time-bound mitzva.
Therefore, men should not recite the beracha on their behalf if they already said
the beracha themselves, but [the women and slaves] may say the beracha
themselves. 113 Young children who need their mother, which is approximately at
five or six years old, each one according to his development, [are patur and
therefore] their father is not obligated to educate him [in the mitzva]. 114 If he is

םדו רשב
110. See the next siman regarding the people who guard a field are exempt from
obligation of a security guard who is stationed sitting in a succah. Abayei explains that the
in one place. The Magen Avraham extends reason is because he can’t live there in a
גס
this to include storekeepers; since they remain regular way, since he can’t possibly bring his
in one place, they must build a succah there. bed and personal items out to the field. Rava,
Although one might argue that during the rest however, understands that building a succah
of the year, they eat in the store and don’t would compromise the security since thieves
return home for every meal, this is not a would know where he is located and avoid
sufficient enough exemption. that part of the field. The halacha follows
Rava, and therefore, if he guards a small pile
111. The gemara (Succah 26a) teaches that of produce, he must build a succah there, even

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