{"id":10994,"date":"2001-01-02T00:14:20","date_gmt":"2001-01-01T22:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=10994"},"modified":"2022-09-14T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:30:08","slug":"13-02-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/13-02-14\/","title":{"rendered":"14. How Much Effort to Invest in a Sukka<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the sukka<\/em> is a temporary residence, living in it will naturally not be as comfortable as living at home. Indeed, this is the mitzva \u2013 to reside in a temporary residence for the week of Sukkot. Therefore, we are not commanded to build impermeable, insulated, thick walls and sekhakh <\/em>to protect its residents from cold, heat, and rain (as we would do in our normal homes). As a result, sometimes being in the sukka <\/em>entails discomfort, in which case one is exempt, for one who is experiencing discomfort (a \u201cmitzta\u2019er<\/em>\u201d) is exempt from the mitzva of sukka<\/em> (3:8-10 below). Thus, when it is very hot, or during very cold nights, or when it is raining, one is exempt from sitting in the sukka<\/em>. A sick person for whom sitting in the sukka <\/em>causes discomfort is exempt from sitting in the sukka<\/em> and has no obligation to build a spacious, robust sukka<\/em> so that he can remain there while experiencing the comforts of home (Mahara\u1e25 Or Zaru\u2019a <\/em>\u00a7194).<\/p>\n

However, one who was lax about building his sukka<\/em>, so that he experiences discomfort in it even in normal weather, has not fulfilled the mitzva; it has become clear in hindsight that he failed to build a sukka<\/em> that is worthy as a temporary residence, for even under normal conditions he experiences discomfort in it. One who knows that he can stay in a small, rickety sukka<\/em> without experiencing discomfort may build such a sukka<\/em> and fulfill the mitzva, as long as he resolves not to claim in the middle of Sukkot that he is mitzta\u2019er <\/em>because the sukka<\/em> is too small or rickety. (See Bikurei Yaakov<\/em> 640:13; MB 640:24.)<\/p>\n

According to many, if one built a sukka<\/em> that is not fit to sleep in \u2013 for instance, if it is in a windy place, and he built walls made of screens, so the wind and cold penetrate \u2013 then the sukka <\/em>is invalid for eating as well. Likewise, if he built the sukka <\/em>in a bad neighborhood where criminals roam around at night, making it dangerous to sleep there, then the sukka <\/em>is invalid for eating as well. This is because the mitzva is to build a sukka<\/em> that will serve as a temporary residence, for eating and sleeping, and since his sukka<\/em> is not fit for sleeping, it is not considered a residence, so it is invalid for eating as well (Yere\u2019im<\/em>; Rema 640:4). Others say that even a sukka<\/em> unfit for sleeping is kosher for eating; even though he sinned by building a sukka<\/em> unfit for sleeping, since it is fit for eating in, it can be used to fulfill the mitzva of eating in the sukka<\/em> (\u1e24akham Tzvi<\/em>). If one builds a normal sukka<\/em> that is fit for sleeping in Eretz Yisrael, but he cannot sleep there because he lives in a cold climate, all agree that it is kosher, as the Torah does not obligate us to build a permanent structure as a sukka<\/em>. (See MB 640:18.)<\/p>\n

If one lives in a place where building a sukka<\/em> would require his investing major efforts or a great deal of money, he must invest in the sukka <\/em>to a degree comparable with what he would spend to arrange nice living quarters for a week. That is, he should think to himself: \u201cIf I had to leave home for a week, how much trouble would I go to, and how much money would I spend, to arrange comfortable lodgings?\u201d That is how much he must invest in building a sukka<\/em> or getting to somewhere he can build a sukka<\/em>. One who periodically takes vacations must invest, in building a sukka<\/em> or renting a place where he can access or build one, the amount he would pay for a week\u2019s vacation, each person in accordance with his financial situation.<\/p>\n

When one buys a home, he should make sure that it has a place to build a sukka<\/em>. He should spend on this however much one who has to leave his house for one week a year would spend to ensure he could live in comfort for that week each year. A wealthy person must spend whatever he would be prepared to spend on a week\u2019s vacation every year over many years.[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n[20]<\/a>. The underlying principle is \u201c\u2018teshvu<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 ke\u2019ein taduru<\/em>,\u201d that one must reside in the sukka <\/em>as he would reside at home (below, 3:1). Consequently, whatever one would pay in order to live comfortably for a week is what he must pay in order to keep the mitzva of sukka<\/em>. Pri Megadim<\/em>, Eshel Avraham<\/em> 640:15; Bikurei Yaakov<\/em> 640:25; Divrei Malkiel<\/em> 3:32; and Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/em> 640:77 all rule accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since the sukka is a temporary residence, living in it will naturally not be as comfortable as living at home. Indeed, this is the mitzva \u2013 to reside in a temporary residence for the week of Sukkot. Therefore, we are not commanded to build impermeable, insulated, thick walls and sekhakh to protect its residents from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13-02"],"yoast_head":"\n14. 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