{"id":11025,"date":"2001-01-03T00:12:20","date_gmt":"2001-01-02T22:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=11025"},"modified":"2022-09-14T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:34:38","slug":"13-03-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/13-03-12\/","title":{"rendered":"12. Children, Grooms, and Mourners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A child who has reached the age of <em>\u1e25inukh<\/em> (education) is obligated in <em>sukka<\/em>. Therefore, adults are admonished not to feed him a <em>se\u2019udat keva<\/em> or put him to bed outside the <em>sukka<\/em>. The age of <em>\u1e25inukh<\/em> is the age at which a child understands the general parameters of the mitzva, i.e., the obligation to eat and sleep in the <em>sukka<\/em>. Most children reach this stage around the age of five or six (SA 640:2). However, sometimes young children are <em>mitzta\u2019arim <\/em>when it comes to sleeping in the <em>sukka<\/em>, because they are more sensitive to the cold or because they are afraid. In such cases, they are considered <em>mitzta\u2019er<\/em> and are exempt. Additionally, if the adults are sitting and studying Torah or chatting in the <em>sukka<\/em>, making it difficult for the child to fall asleep there, he may be put to bed in the house and later moved to the <em>sukka<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It is forbidden to hold a wedding on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, because we do not mix together two joyous occasions (<em>Mo\u2019ed Katan<\/em> 8a). However, those who marry before Sukkot continue the week of <em>Sheva Berakhot<\/em> into the festival. The Sages tell us that a groom is exempt from sleeping in the <em>sukka<\/em>, because it lacks the privacy of a home, and the bride and groom will feel inhibited there. The Sages also tell us that the groom\u2019s entourage and all those who came to celebrate with him are exempt from eating in the <em>sukka<\/em>, because <em>sukkot<\/em> were usually small and could not accommodate all the celebrant. Therefore, <em>Sheva Berakhot<\/em> meals were held outside the <em>sukka<\/em> (<em>Sukka<\/em> 25b; SA 640:6). However, other <em>se\u2019udot mitzva<\/em>, including a <em>brit<\/em>, <em>pidyon ha-ben<\/em>, bar mitzva, and <em>siyum<\/em>, must be held in the <em>sukka<\/em>, because these meals are not important enough to override the mitzva of sitting in the <em>sukka<\/em> (Vilna Gaon; BHL 640:6). Nowadays, we have <em>Sheva Berakhot<\/em> in the <em>sukka<\/em> as well, even though this limits the number of participants.<\/p>\n<p>A mourner is obligated in the mitzva of <em>sukka<\/em>. Even if he would prefer to sit alone in his grief, he must marshal his resources and keep the <em>mitzvot<\/em> of the festival (<em>Sukka<\/em> 25a; SA 640:5). In fact, there is no mourning on Sukkot; if someone began sitting <em>shiva<\/em> before the festival, the arrival of the festival cancels the remainder of <em>shiva<\/em>, and if someone loses a close relative on Sukkot, he does not sit <em>shiva <\/em>on the festival. Rather, after the funeral, he continues sitting in the <em>sukka<\/em>, and the <em>shiva<\/em> begins only after the festival.<\/p>\n<p>An <em>onen<\/em>, one whose close relative died but has not yet been buried, is exempt from the mitzva of <em>sukka<\/em>, as he is preoccupied with the mitzva of burying the dead, and therefore exempt from engaging in other <em>mitzvot<\/em> (MB 640:31; SHT <em>ad loc.<\/em> 48).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child who has reached the age of \u1e25inukh (education) is obligated in sukka. Therefore, adults are admonished not to feed him a se\u2019udat keva or put him to bed outside the sukka. 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