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==Exemptions from Sleeping in the Sukkah== | ==Exemptions from Sleeping in the Sukkah== | ||
# If it’s cold outside, many have the practice not to sleep in the [[Sukkah]] and some poskim defend this practice. However, many poskim hold that one should make an extra effort to sleep in the [[Sukkah]] (either by making a insulated [[Sukkah]], by bringing in heaters, or by toughing it out). <Ref> Rama 639:2 defends the practice of those who are lenient in not [[sleeping in the Sukkah]] saying that where it's too cold it's painful to sleep there and so one may sleep outside the [[Sukkah]]. Mishna Brurah 639:17 comments that this is so if one doesn't have proper pillows and blankets to keep one warm (implying that if one has proper coats and blankets one should sleep in the [[Sukkah]].)[see Nemukei Orach Chaim 639:1 who discusses this at length.] Chazon Ovadyah pg 195 rules like the Rama. </ref> | # If it’s cold outside, many have the practice not to sleep in the [[Sukkah]] and some poskim defend this practice. However, many poskim hold that one should make an extra effort to sleep in the [[Sukkah]] (either by making a insulated [[Sukkah]], by bringing in heaters, or by toughing it out). <Ref> Rama 639:2 defends the practice of those who are lenient in not [[sleeping in the Sukkah]] saying that where it's too cold it's painful to sleep there and so one may sleep outside the [[Sukkah]]. Mishna Brurah 639:17 comments that this is so if one doesn't have proper pillows and blankets to keep one warm (implying that if one has proper coats and blankets one should sleep in the [[Sukkah]].)[see Nemukei Orach Chaim 639:1 who discusses this at length.] Chazon Ovadyah pg 195 rules like the Rama. Yalkut Yosef (Sukkah pg [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=55400&st=&pgnum=722 722] and [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=55400&st=&pgnum=725 725)]</ref> | ||
# A person who is afraid of bandits at night is exempt from sleeping in the Sukkah.<ref> Rama 640:4</ref> Similarly, one is exempt from sleeping in the [[sukkah]] if he is genuinely afraid of terrorists in a place where that is relevant. <ref> Rav Avigdor Neventzal in his Mishnah Brurah Biytizchak Yikare on Rama 639:2 </ref> | # A person who is afraid of bandits at night is exempt from sleeping in the Sukkah.<ref> Rama 640:4</ref> Similarly, one is exempt from sleeping in the [[sukkah]] if he is genuinely afraid of terrorists in a place where that is relevant. <ref> Rav Avigdor Neventzal in his Mishnah Brurah Biytizchak Yikare on Rama 639:2 </ref> | ||
# Some Chasidim have the practice of not [[sleeping in the Sukkah]]. <ref> See Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XXIX, pp. 211-219 quoted by [http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/92423/jewish/Sukkos.htm#footnote8a92423 chabad.org]</ref> | # Some Chasidim have the practice of not [[sleeping in the Sukkah]]. <ref> See Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XXIX, pp. 211-219 quoted by [http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/92423/jewish/Sukkos.htm#footnote8a92423 chabad.org]</ref> | ||
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==Sleeping in a small Sukkah== | ==Sleeping in a small Sukkah== | ||
# One is obligated to sleep in a small [[Sukkah]] even if that means bending or folding one’s body and there’s no exemption of being uncomfortable in the [[Sukkah]] (like there is if it rains). <Ref>Rama 640: | # One is obligated to sleep in a small [[Sukkah]] even if that means bending or folding one’s body and there’s no exemption of being uncomfortable in the [[Sukkah]] (like there is if it rains). <Ref>Rama 640:4, Chazon Ovadyah pg 194) </ref> | ||
==Leaving the table in the Sukkah== | ==Leaving the table in the Sukkah== | ||
# Even though one major authority states that one must leave the table in the [[Sukkah]] while one sleeps, many disagree and say that one doesn’t need to be strict but should be if there’s no need to remove the table and so is the custom. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 640:27 writes that if one takes the table out of the [[Sukkah]] in order to sleep one doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah since the [[Sukkah]] must be useful for all purposes and if one isn’t able to sleep in it with a table, one doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah of eating it in either. At first glance there appear to be no early sources to corroborate this stringency, however Mikrai Kodesh (Siman 35 pg 155) and Sh”t Shraga Meir 5:55 both try to defend the Mishna Brurah. Moadim UZmanim (Rav Moshe Shternbach; Vol 1, Siman 87) quotes someone who actually saw the Chafetz Chaim act this way in practice. Orchot Rabbenu (Vol 2 pg 229) writes that that the practice of the Steipler would leave a small table in his [[Sukkah]] when he slept. Similarly, Sh”t Az Nidabru 14:1 writes once such a holy mouth said such a ruling it’s proper to follow it. On the other hand, many achronim including Rabbi Eliezer Waldenburg in Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 8:33, Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 198), Rav Moshe Shternbach in Moadim UZmanim (Vol 1, Siman 87), and Piskei Teshuvot 640:8 argue on the Mishna Brurah saying that there’s no source for such a stringency and conclude that one may remove the tables if there’s a need for room to people to sleep (even a child who reached the age of [[Chinuch]]). Chazon Ovadyah and Moadim Uzmanim write the minhag is to remove the tables. </ref> | # Even though one major authority states that one must leave the table in the [[Sukkah]] while one sleeps, many disagree and say that one doesn’t need to be strict but should be if there’s no need to remove the table and so is the custom. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 640:27 writes that if one takes the table out of the [[Sukkah]] in order to sleep one doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah since the [[Sukkah]] must be useful for all purposes and if one isn’t able to sleep in it with a table, one doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah of eating it in either. At first glance there appear to be no early sources to corroborate this stringency, however Mikrai Kodesh (Siman 35 pg 155) and Sh”t Shraga Meir 5:55 both try to defend the Mishna Brurah. Moadim UZmanim (Rav Moshe Shternbach; Vol 1, Siman 87) quotes someone who actually saw the Chafetz Chaim act this way in practice. Orchot Rabbenu (Vol 2 pg 229) writes that that the practice of the Steipler would leave a small table in his [[Sukkah]] when he slept. Similarly, Sh”t Az Nidabru 14:1 writes once such a holy mouth said such a ruling it’s proper to follow it. On the other hand, many achronim including Rabbi Eliezer Waldenburg in Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 8:33, Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 198), Rav Moshe Shternbach in Moadim UZmanim (Vol 1, Siman 87), and Piskei Teshuvot 640:8 argue on the Mishna Brurah saying that there’s no source for such a stringency and conclude that one may remove the tables if there’s a need for room to people to sleep (even a child who reached the age of [[Chinuch]]). Chazon Ovadyah and Moadim Uzmanim write the minhag is to remove the tables. </ref> | ||
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# Many married men are lenient not to sleep in the Sukkah because sleeping alone wouldn't be a fulfillment of the mitzvah of living in the sukkah like we live in our homes. It is preferable that a man sleep with his wife in the [[Sukkah]] (not on nights of Onah or her Tevilah) to fulfill the requirement of dwelling in the [[Sukkah]] like one would in one’s home. However, some poskim hold that one shouldn't be lenient for these reasons. <ref>Rama 639:2 writes that reason for those who don't sleep in the sukkah if a married man would sleep alone in the sukkah that wouldn't be a fulfillment of the concept of dwelling in the sukkah like we dwell in our homes during the year. However, he concludes that it is preferable to sleep in a private sukkah with his wife. The Taz 639:9 asks on the Rama that if he is correct the Sukkah should be pasul since it isn't fit to be used for sleeping (Rama 640:3). Rather he defends the minhag in another fashion. He writes that a married man has a mitzvah to sleep in the same room as his wife to gladden his wife even if she isn't tahor. That mitzvah makes him exempt from the sukkah. The Magen Avraham 639:8 has a different justification which is that a person would be pained about not being able to sleep in the same room as his wife and someone who is pained by the sukkah is exempt. He explains that this doesn't render the sukkah pasul since it is fit for sleeping and he just has a personal external exemption. Rav Ovadia Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 196) agrees with the Taz. | # Many married men are lenient not to sleep in the Sukkah because sleeping alone wouldn't be a fulfillment of the mitzvah of living in the sukkah like we live in our homes. It is preferable that a man sleep with his wife in the [[Sukkah]] (not on nights of Onah or her Tevilah) to fulfill the requirement of dwelling in the [[Sukkah]] like one would in one’s home. However, some poskim hold that one shouldn't be lenient for these reasons. <ref>Rama 639:2 writes that reason for those who don't sleep in the sukkah if a married man would sleep alone in the sukkah that wouldn't be a fulfillment of the concept of dwelling in the sukkah like we dwell in our homes during the year. However, he concludes that it is preferable to sleep in a private sukkah with his wife. The Taz 639:9 asks on the Rama that if he is correct the Sukkah should be pasul since it isn't fit to be used for sleeping (Rama 640:3). Rather he defends the minhag in another fashion. He writes that a married man has a mitzvah to sleep in the same room as his wife to gladden his wife even if she isn't tahor. That mitzvah makes him exempt from the sukkah. The Magen Avraham 639:8 has a different justification which is that a person would be pained about not being able to sleep in the same room as his wife and someone who is pained by the sukkah is exempt. He explains that this doesn't render the sukkah pasul since it is fit for sleeping and he just has a personal external exemption. Rav Ovadia Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (pg 196) agrees with the Taz. | ||
* The Gra 639:13 argues with the Rama. Following the Gra, Mishna Brurah 639:18 writes that men are obligated to sleep in the [[Sukkah]] without their wives and it’s not pained by not sleeping in the same room as his wife unless it’s the night of Onah. </ref> | * The Gra 639:13 argues with the Rama. Following the Gra, Mishna Brurah 639:18 writes that men are obligated to sleep in the [[Sukkah]] without their wives and it’s not pained by not sleeping in the same room as his wife unless it’s the night of Onah. </ref> | ||
# On a night when the couple has Onah or the night of Tevilah the man isn't obligated to sleep in the [[Sukkah]]. <Ref> Rama 639:2 writes that many are lenient not to sleep in the [[Sukkah]] since a man can’t sleep with his wife in the [[Sukkah]] unless he has a private [[Sukkah]]. However, the Mishna Brurah 639:18 quotes the Gra who argues on this saying that a married man is obligated in [[Sukkah]] even if he can’t sleep with his wife in the [[Sukkah]]. However, the Mishna Brurah concludes that on nights when there is a mitzvah of Oneh or the women has her Tevilah night, they may sleep outside the [[Sukkah]] so as not to miss the mitzvah of Pru Urevu, assuming that it’s not private enough in the [[Sukkah]]. This is also the opinion of Chazon Ovadyah (pg 194). </ref> | # On a night when the couple has Onah or the night of Tevilah the man isn't obligated to sleep in the [[Sukkah]]. <Ref> Rama 639:2 writes that many are lenient not to sleep in the [[Sukkah]] since a man can’t sleep with his wife in the [[Sukkah]] unless he has a private [[Sukkah]]. However, the Mishna Brurah 639:18 quotes the Gra who argues on this saying that a married man is obligated in [[Sukkah]] even if he can’t sleep with his wife in the [[Sukkah]]. However, the Mishna Brurah concludes that on nights when there is a mitzvah of Oneh or the women has her Tevilah night, they may sleep outside the [[Sukkah]] so as not to miss the mitzvah of Pru Urevu, assuming that it’s not private enough in the [[Sukkah]]. This is also the opinion of Chazon Ovadyah (pg 194, 82, and 130). </ref> | ||
# A married man in the first year of his marriage, some say that he shouldn't sleep in the Sukkah in order to keep his wife company at night while others believe there is no difference for sleeping in the between a man in the first year of marriage or any other time.<ref>Chazon Ovadia p. 196 quotes a dispute between the Divrei Yatziv OC 274 who holds that in the first year of marriage a man should keep his wife company at night as he has a mitzvah to gladden his wife and the Shalmei Moed p. 114 who thinks that there's no difference between the first year and any other, but if the wife is scared to sleep alone indoors her husband is exempt from sleeping in the sukkah.</ref> | # A married man in the first year of his marriage, some say that he shouldn't sleep in the Sukkah in order to keep his wife company at night while others believe there is no difference for sleeping in the between a man in the first year of marriage or any other time.<ref>Chazon Ovadia p. 196 quotes a dispute between the Divrei Yatziv OC 274 who holds that in the first year of marriage a man should keep his wife company at night as he has a mitzvah to gladden his wife and the Shalmei Moed p. 114 who thinks that there's no difference between the first year and any other, but if the wife is scared to sleep alone indoors her husband is exempt from sleeping in the sukkah.</ref> | ||
