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==Those who are lenient== | ==Those who are lenient== | ||
# If it’s cold outside, some defend the practice of those who are lenient not to sleep in the Sukkah, however, many hold that one should make an extra effort to sleep in the Sukkah (either by making a insulated Sukkah, or 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 balnkets one should sleep in the Sukkah.)[see Nemukei | # If it’s cold outside, some defend the practice of those who are lenient not to sleep in the Sukkah, however, many hold that one should make an extra effort to sleep in the Sukkah (either by making a insulated Sukkah, or 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 balnkets 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> | ||
# Some Chasidim have the practice of not sleeping in the Sukkah. <ref> see Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XXIX, pp. 211-219 http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/92423/jewish/Sukkos.htm#footnote8a92423 </ref> | # Some Chasidim have the practice of not sleeping in the Sukkah. <ref> see Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XXIX, pp. 211-219 http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/92423/jewish/Sukkos.htm#footnote8a92423 </ref> | ||
==Sleeping in a small Sukkah== | ==Sleeping in a small Sukkah== | ||
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# 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 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> | # 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> | ||
==Sleeping alone in the Sukkah== | |||
# It is permissible to sukkah alone in the Sukkah even though one shouldn't sleep alone in a house. <ref>Maaseh Rav (Siman 214), Nefesh Kol Chai (Samach #4), Yafeh Lelev 2:1, Bikurei Yacov 639:18, Torat HaMoedim (Rabbi Efraim Oved) 6:3 </ref> | |||
==If one's traveling== | |||
# One is allowed to travel by bus for business purposes even if one knows that one will fall asleep on the way and one does not have to stand up so as not to fall asleep outside the Sukkah. However, if one is traveling for a leisure trip one may not sleep outside the Sukkah and one may not even nap on the bus. <ref>Torat HaMoedim (Rabbi Efraim Oved) 6:2 and 10:10 based on S"A 640:8. BeYitzchak Yikra 640:8 quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman who holds that a trip isn't considered someone who's traveling that could be exempt from the Sukkah and so one can't nap on the bus. See also Halichot Shlomo 9:21. </ref> | |||
==Other activities in the Sukkah== | ==Other activities in the Sukkah== | ||
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# [[Eating in the Sukkah#Learning in the Sukkah|Learning 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]] | # [[Eating in the Sukkah#Other activities in the Sukkah|Doing other activities in the Sukkah]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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