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# One may sleep under the table in the Sukkah if it’s not Ten Tefachim high. <Ref> Natai Gavriel 59:19 based on S”A 627:1 </ref> | # One may sleep under the table in the Sukkah if it’s not Ten Tefachim high. <Ref> Natai Gavriel 59:19 based on S”A 627:1 </ref> | ||
==Taking a short nap== | ==Taking a short nap== | ||
# It’s forbidden to sleep outside a Sukkah whether it’s a fixed sleep or a short nap. <Ref> S”A 639:2 </ref> | # It’s forbidden to sleep outside a Sukkah whether it’s a fixed sleep or a short nap. <Ref> S”A 639:2 </ref> (however, it's not even considered a nap if it's less than 53.7 seconds and many poskim hold that it's permissible while some forbid even that). <ref> Mishna Brurah 639:11 writes that even though one may not take a short nap outside the Sukkah one may take a nap that's less than the time it takes to walk 100 steps. Mishna Brurah 44:4 defines this time as around 1/67 of an hour (which is 53.7 seconds). Kaf HaChaim 639:27, Pri Megadim (M"Z 639:5), and Natai Gavriel 59:2 (as first stam-anonymous opinion) agree with Mishna Brurah. However, Bikurei Yacov 639:12 and Hilchot Chag BeChag (pg 44) argue on Mishna Brurah and forbid for any amount of time. </ref> | ||
==Married man== | ==Married man== | ||
# It’s preferable that a man sleep with his wife in the Sukkah (not on nights of Onah) to fulfill the requirement of dwelling in the Sukkah like one would in one’s home, however this doesn’t inhibit the mitzvah. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 639:18 writes that men are obligated to sleep in the Sukkah without their wives and it’s not called Mitzta’er unless it’s the night of Onah. So holds the Chazon Ovadyah (pg 194). Shalmei Moed (pg 114) agrees but adds that if the wife is scared to sleep alone in the house, the man may be lenient. </ref> | # It’s preferable that a man sleep with his wife in the Sukkah (not on nights of Onah) to fulfill the requirement of dwelling in the Sukkah like one would in one’s home, however this doesn’t inhibit the mitzvah. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 639:18 writes that men are obligated to sleep in the Sukkah without their wives and it’s not called Mitzta’er unless it’s the night of Onah. So holds the Chazon Ovadyah (pg 194). Shalmei Moed (pg 114) agrees but adds that if the wife is scared to sleep alone in the house, the man may be lenient. </ref> | ||
# It’s an obligation to sleep in the Sukkah even for a married man unless it’s the night of his wife’s Tevilah or Onah and | # It’s an obligation to sleep in the Sukkah even for a married man unless it’s the night of his wife’s Tevilah or Onah and it’s not private enough 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 and Magan Avraham who argue 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 the women had her Tevilah or it’s the time of Onah, 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. So rules Chazon Ovadyah (pg 194) </ref> | ||
==Other activities in the Sukkah== | |||
# [[Eating in the Sukkah]] | |||
# [[Eating in the Sukkah#Learning in the Sukkah|Learning in the Sukkah]] | |||
# [[Eating in the Sukkah#Other activities in the Sukkah|Doing other activities in the Sukkah]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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