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# Women are exempt from the Sukkah. <ref> Mishna Sukkah 28a, S"A 640:1 </ref> | # Women are exempt from the Sukkah. <ref> Mishna Sukkah 28a, S"A 640:1 </ref> | ||
# Very young children are exempt from the Sukkah, however, once they are reach that they no longer need their mother (around age 5) there is a mitzvah of Chinuch (training them in mitzvot) that a child be obligated in sitting in the sukkah. <ref> S"A 640:2, Mishna Brurah 640:2. The Magen Avraham 640 says that it is prohibited to feed children outside the sukkah, just like it is forbidden to feed children not kosher food. Sh"uT Binyan Av 1:25 says that a man cannot feed the child outside the sukkah but a woman can. The Mishna Berura 640:5 quotes this magen avraham and adds that on shouldn't even tell the child to eat outside the sukkah. Rav Moshe Shternbuch in Tshuvot Vihanhagot 3:211 says very young children are exempt based on the fact that they need their mothers to eat properly. Aruch Hashulchan 640:2 justifies not obligating them in sukka because children have a lower tolerance for the cold.</ref> | # Very young children are exempt from the Sukkah, however, once they are reach that they no longer need their mother (around age 5) there is a mitzvah of Chinuch (training them in mitzvot) that a child be obligated in sitting in the sukkah. <ref> S"A 640:2, Mishna Brurah 640:2. The Magen Avraham 640 says that it is prohibited to feed children outside the sukkah, just like it is forbidden to feed children not kosher food. Sh"uT Binyan Av 1:25 says that a man cannot feed the child outside the sukkah but a woman can. The Mishna Berura 640:5 quotes this magen avraham and adds that on shouldn't even tell the child to eat outside the sukkah. Rav Moshe Shternbuch in Tshuvot Vihanhagot 3:211 says very young children are exempt based on the fact that they need their mothers to eat properly. Aruch Hashulchan 640:2 justifies not obligating them in sukka because children have a lower tolerance for the cold.</ref> | ||
# A person who is sick is exempt from the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 640:3 </ref> | # A person who is sick is exempt from the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 640:3 based on Mishna Sukkah 25a. </ref> | ||
# Someone who needs to travel for business purposes is exempt from sitting in a sukkah. <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 3:93 says that the exemption for travelers outlined in the mishna sukkah 25a and the gemara 26a only applies to business travelers and not to those traveling for leisure. </ref> | |||
# One is not required to eat in the sukkah if it is raining. <ref> Mishnah Sukkah 28b </ref> If it is raining and one began to eat inside, he may continue to eat inside even when it stops raining. <ref> Mishna Berurah 639:38 based on Rashi Sukkah 29a "viyardu." Ritva Sukkah 29a "Tannu Rabanan," writes that one is not required to eat in the sukkah if there are rain-clouds in the sky and it appears as if it is going to rain. Rav Shalom Schwadron in Daat Torah OC 639:5 says that most poskim don't accept this opinion but he is in doubt if you can recite a beracha in such a situation. </ref> However, these rules only apply after the first night. For the rules for the first night see below. | |||
==Which foods can one eat outside the Sukkah?== | ==Which foods can one eat outside the Sukkah?== | ||
