{"id":11020,"date":"2001-01-03T00:09:20","date_gmt":"2001-01-02T22:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=11020"},"modified":"2022-09-14T12:28:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:28:30","slug":"13-03-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/13-03-09\/","title":{"rendered":"09. More on the Status of <em>Mitzta\u2019er<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a large number of flies or mosquitoes are in one\u2019s <em>sukka<\/em>, he has no way of getting rid of them, and they are causing him pain or discomfort; or if there is a bad smell in the <em>sukka<\/em>; or if it is extremely hot in the afternoon, cold at night, or windy, and clothes are not enough to alleviate the discomfort \u2013 if his discomfort is severe enough that if it were to happen in his home, he would move into a significantly less comfortable place he has nearby, he is exempt from <em>sukka<\/em>. This is on condition that his leaving the <em>sukka<\/em> will alleviate his discomfort. However, if he would suffer from the mosquitoes or the bad smell even in his home, then he must remain in the <em>sukka<\/em> (SA and Rema 640:4).<\/p>\n<p>In a situation where particularly sensitive people suffer discomfort, while most people do not \u2013 for example, when a wind blows some leaves from the <em>sekhakh<\/em> onto the table \u2013 the people in the majority must remain in the <em>sukka<\/em>, while those who are sensitive are exempt. However, one cannot maintain that he suffers from something that even sensitive people normally do not mind. When someone is at such an extreme, we say that his personal disposition is disregarded in light of the norm, and he must eat and sleep in the <em>sukka<\/em> (Rema 640:4; MB <em>ad loc<\/em>. 28-29).<\/p>\n<p>If someone was derelict and built a particularly rickety <em>sukka<\/em>, he may not then claim during the festival that he suffers from being in it, even though it does not adequately protect him from the vagaries of the weather. Since he put up this rickety <em>sukka<\/em>, he obligated himself to live in it during Sukkot without complaint. If he nevertheless complains and claims that he is suffering, it becomes clear retroactively that he sinned and abrogated the mitzva by putting up an inadequate <em>sukka<\/em>. He must immediately make efforts to reinforce his <em>sukka<\/em> so it does not cause him discomfort. (See above, 2:14, and below, end of section 13.)<\/p>\n<p>If the lights went out in the <em>sukka <\/em>on Friday night but there is light in the home, one may eat at home, since eating in the dark is a discomfort. If it would not be too much trouble to eat in a neighbor\u2019s <em>sukka<\/em>, he should do so, but if it would be very unpleasant or difficult, then he is considered <em>mitzta\u2019er<\/em> and exempt from <em>sukka<\/em> (Rema 640:4; MB <em>ad loc<\/em>. 22-23).<\/p>\n<p>If one is exempt from <em>sukka<\/em> because of the discomfort entailed by eating there \u2013 for example when it is raining \u2013 but he nevertheless insists upon eating there while being rained on, he is not performing a mitzva. Rather, he is doing something foolish. There is even a sinful aspect to it, for one must honor the festival, and it is forbidden to cause oneself suffering on it. However, it is different if one began his meal in the house because it was raining, and then the rain stopped. While he is not required to return to the <em>sukka<\/em>, if he does so he is rewarded for it, since his sitting in the <em>sukka<\/em> does not entail discomfort (BHL 639:7 s.v. \u201chedyotot\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a large number of flies or mosquitoes are in one\u2019s sukka, he has no way of getting rid of them, and they are causing him pain or discomfort; or if there is a bad smell in the sukka; or if it is extremely hot in the afternoon, cold at night, or windy, and clothes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13-03"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>09. 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