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	#If one feels crowded in the sukkah, this does not constitute “suffering” and one must continue to live there.<ref>Rama 640:4. Mishna Brurah 640:26 writes that a fastidious person for whom this is difficult is exempt. </ref>		#If one feels crowded in the sukkah, this does not constitute “suffering” and one must continue to live there.<ref>Rama 640:4. Mishna Brurah 640:26 writes that a fastidious person for whom this is difficult is exempt. </ref>
	#In general, one cannot claim that he is suffering and therefore exempt from the sukkah if others would typically not suffer from experiencing the matter he is facing.<ref>Rama 640:4. Nonetheless, the Mishna Brurah 640:29 writes that if one is a fastidious individual and other fastidious people of the same type would suffer from what he is undergoing, this would suffice to exempt him. </ref>		#In general, one cannot claim that he is suffering and therefore exempt from the sukkah if others would typically not suffer from experiencing the matter he is facing.<ref>Rama 640:4. Nonetheless, the Mishna Brurah 640:29 writes that if one is a fastidious individual and other fastidious people of the same type would suffer from what he is undergoing, this would suffice to exempt him. </ref>

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			# If it is raining, it is proper to put up a tarp on top of the sukkah and eat in the sukkah under the tarp without a bracha in order to fulfill the mitzvah according to some poskim.<ref>Magen Avraham 629:25, 640:8, Mishna Brurah 629:58, Shevet Halevi 4:57, Igrot Moshe 5:43:4. Shevet Halevi and Igrot Moshe allow this even though the tarp does not let in any water.</ref>

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	#If a person's lights went out in their Sukkah, or their Sukkah became inhabitable, if it is very difficult to go to another person's Sukkah, one doesn't have to and ~~one~~ is exempt.<ref>Rama 640:4. Mishna Brurah 640:23 elaborates that if it's simply inconvenient to go to someone else's sukkah, then that is insufficient to exempt oneself. However, if it's very difficult, then one is exempt.</ref>		#If a person's lights went out in their Sukkah, or their Sukkah became inhabitable, if it is very difficult to go to another person's Sukkah, one doesn't have to and is exempt.<ref>Rama 640:4. Mishna Brurah 640:23 elaborates that if it's simply inconvenient to go to someone else's sukkah, then that is insufficient to exempt oneself. However, if it's very difficult, then one is exempt.</ref>

	==Which foods can one eat outside the Sukkah?==		==Which foods can one eat outside the Sukkah?==

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	#Some poskim permit sitting under a handheld umbrella, even if it is ten [[Tefachim]] high, unlike a more permanent umbrella such as one supported by a table, because it is still considered sitting under the [[schach]]. One should not recite a beracha in this case.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 2:8-20, Shalmei Moed pg. 112), Rav Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 86), She’arim Metzuyanim b’Halachah 135:5, Mikraei Kodesh p. 434-5, and Nefesh Chayah OC 629 all allow sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Piskei Shemuot p. 101) holds that it is permissible to do but unnecessary. Rav Elyashiv, quoted in Succat Chayim page 52, however, does not permit sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. The Brisker Rav (HaSuccah Hashalem, Miluim 13:4) did in fact do this himself. </ref> (This is relevant to chol hamoed, but not for Shabbat or Yom Tov, when an umbrella may not be used. See [[Boneh#Umbrella]].) However, other poskim hold that a person cannot fulfill his mitzvah sitting under an umbrella.<ref>Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish v. 3 p. 171)</ref>		#Some poskim permit sitting under a handheld umbrella, even if it is ten [[Tefachim]] high, unlike a more permanent umbrella such as one supported by a table, because it is still considered sitting under the [[schach]]. One should not recite a beracha in this case.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 2:8-20, Shalmei Moed pg. 112), Rav Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 86), She’arim Metzuyanim b’Halachah 135:5, Mikraei Kodesh p. 434-5, and Nefesh Chayah OC 629 all allow sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Piskei Shemuot p. 101) holds that it is permissible to do but unnecessary. Rav Elyashiv, quoted in Succat Chayim page 52, however, does not permit sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. The Brisker Rav (HaSuccah Hashalem, Miluim 13:4) did in fact do this himself. </ref> (This is relevant to chol hamoed, but not for Shabbat or Yom Tov, when an umbrella may not be used. See [[Boneh#Umbrella]].) However, other poskim hold that a person cannot fulfill his mitzvah sitting under an umbrella.<ref>Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish v. 3 p. 171)</ref>
	#It is permissible to sleep under a table that is less than 31.5 inches tall (which most tables are).<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 627:1 based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 627:1-2</ref>		#It is permissible to sleep under a table that is less than 31.5 inches tall (which most tables are).<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sukkot p. 174), Piskei Teshuvot 627:1 based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 627:1-2</ref>
			#If the table is taller than 10 tefachim (at minimum 31.5 inches) some poskim hold that a person shouldn't sit in a way that most of his legs and body are beneath the table. However, there is no concern for a person to sit with just his feet beneath the table. Either way, in practice this consideration doesn't exist if the table is shorter than 31.5 inches (like most tables).<ref>Yalkut Yosef p. 174, Hilchot Chag Bchag p. 87, Piskei Teshuvot 627:1</ref>

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	#People who are traveling for business or for pressing matters<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 3:93 and Yalkut Yosef as quoted in Piskei Teshuvot p. 385 no. 38, hold that these are the travelers referred to in the Shulchan Aruch. However, those who travel for pleasure or without a real need and claim that they are exempt from sukkah are acting improperly. </ref> are exempt from a sukkah as long as they are traveling.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 640:8</ref> When they pause their journey, if they are unable to find a sukkah, they are also exempt from sukkah then. <ref>Rama 640:8 </ref>		#People who are traveling for business or for pressing matters<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 3:93 and Yalkut Yosef as quoted in Piskei Teshuvot p. 385 no. 38, hold that these are the travelers referred to in the Shulchan Aruch. However, those who travel for pleasure or without a real need and claim that they are exempt from sukkah are acting improperly. </ref> are exempt from a sukkah as long as they are traveling.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 640:8</ref> When they pause their journey, if they are unable to find a sukkah, they are also exempt from sukkah then.<ref>Rama 640:8 </ref>
	#If one is involved in a mitzvah, such as going to learn Torah,<ref>Mishna Brurah 640:35 </ref> he is exempt from the mitzvah of sukkah.<ref>The Shulchan Aruch 640:7, as explained by the Mishna Brurah, feels that in such a case one is not required to enter a sukkah even when one reaches a resting point on his mitzvah journey. Conversely, the Rama writes that if this is not difficult and will not affect his ability to perform the mitzvah, one should find a sukkah in which to eat and sleep. </ref> Accordingly, those tending to the needs of the sick are exempt from the sukkah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 640:3 as explained by the Mishna Brurah. Note that this rule does not include those helping one who is mitztaer (in pain), but only the sick as defined above.</ref>		#If one is involved in a mitzvah, such as going to learn Torah,<ref>Mishna Brurah 640:35 </ref> he is exempt from the mitzvah of sukkah.<ref>The Shulchan Aruch 640:7, as explained by the Mishna Brurah, feels that in such a case one is not required to enter a sukkah even when one reaches a resting point on his mitzvah journey. Conversely, the Rama writes that if this is not difficult and will not affect his ability to perform the mitzvah, one should find a sukkah in which to eat and sleep. </ref> Accordingly, those tending to the needs of the sick are exempt from the sukkah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 640:3 as explained by the Mishna Brurah. Note that this rule does not include those helping one who is mitztaer (in pain), but only the sick as defined above.</ref>

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	#Some poskim permit sitting under a handheld umbrella, even if it is ten [[Tefachim]] high, unlike a more permanent umbrella such as one supported by a table, because it is still considered sitting under the [[schach]]. One should not recite a beracha in this case.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 2:8-20, Shalmei Moed pg. 112), Rav Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 86), She’arim Metzuyanim b’Halachah 135:5, Mikraei Kodesh p. 434-5, and Nefesh Chayah OC 629 all allow sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Piskei Shemuot p. 101) holds that it is permissible to do but unnecessary. Rav Elyashiv, quoted in Succat Chayim page 52, however, does not permit sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. The Brisker Rav (HaSuccah Hashalem, Miluim 13:4) did in fact do this himself. </ref> This is relevant to chol hamoed, but not for Shabbat or Yom Tov, when an umbrella may not be used. See [[Boneh#Umbrella]].		#Some poskim permit sitting under a handheld umbrella, even if it is ten [[Tefachim]] high, unlike a more permanent umbrella such as one supported by a table, because it is still considered sitting under the [[schach]]. One should not recite a beracha in this case.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 2:8-20, Shalmei Moed pg. 112), Rav Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 86), She’arim Metzuyanim b’Halachah 135:5, Mikraei Kodesh p. 434-5, and Nefesh Chayah OC 629 all allow sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Piskei Shemuot p. 101) holds that it is permissible to do but unnecessary. Rav Elyashiv, quoted in Succat Chayim page 52, however, does not permit sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. The Brisker Rav (HaSuccah Hashalem, Miluim 13:4) did in fact do this himself. </ref> (This is relevant to chol hamoed, but not for Shabbat or Yom Tov, when an umbrella may not be used. See [[Boneh#Umbrella]].) However, other poskim hold that a person cannot fulfill his mitzvah sitting under an umbrella.<ref>Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish v. 3 p. 171)</ref>
	#It is permissible to sleep under a table that is less than 31.5 inches tall (which most tables are).<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 627:1 based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 627:1-2</ref>		#It is permissible to sleep under a table that is less than 31.5 inches tall (which most tables are).<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 627:1 based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 627:1-2</ref>

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	#If one feels crowded in the sukkah, this does not constitute “suffering” and one must continue to live there.<ref>Rama 640:4. Mishna Brurah 640:26 writes that a fastidious person for whom this is difficult is exempt. </ref>		#If one feels crowded in the sukkah, this does not constitute “suffering” and one must continue to live there.<ref>Rama 640:4. Mishna Brurah 640:26 writes that a fastidious person for whom this is difficult is exempt. </ref>
	#In general, one cannot claim that he is suffering and therefore exempt from the sukkah if others would typically not suffer from experiencing the matter he is facing.<ref>Rama 640:4. Nonetheless, the Mishna Brurah 640:29 writes that if one is a fastidious individual and other fastidious people of the same type would suffer from what he is undergoing, this would suffice to exempt him. </ref>		#In general, one cannot claim that he is suffering and therefore exempt from the sukkah if others would typically not suffer from experiencing the matter he is facing.<ref>Rama 640:4. Nonetheless, the Mishna Brurah 640:29 writes that if one is a fastidious individual and other fastidious people of the same type would suffer from what he is undergoing, this would suffice to exempt him. </ref>
	#Some poskim permit sitting under a handheld umbrella, even if it is ten [[Tefachim]] high, unlike a more permanent umbrella such as one supported by a table, because it is still considered sitting under the [[schach]]. One should not recite a beracha in this case.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 2:8-20, Shalmei Moed pg. 112), Rav Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 86), She’arim Metzuyanim b’Halachah 135:5, and Nefesh Chayah OC 629 all allow sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Piskei Shemuot p. 101) holds that it is permissible to do but unnecessary. Rav Elyashiv, quoted in Succat Chayim page 52, however, does not permit sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. The Brisker Rav (HaSuccah Hashalem, Miluim 13:4) did in fact do this himself. </ref> This is relevant to chol hamoed, but not ~~to on~~ Shabbat or Yom Tov, when an umbrella may not be used. See [[Boneh#Umbrella]].
			=== Umbrella or Under a Table ===
			#Some poskim permit sitting under a handheld umbrella, even if it is ten [[Tefachim]] high, unlike a more permanent umbrella such as one supported by a table, because it is still considered sitting under the [[schach]]. One should not recite a beracha in this case.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 2:8-20, Shalmei Moed pg. 112), Rav Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 86), She’arim Metzuyanim b’Halachah 135:5, Mikraei Kodesh p. 434-5, and Nefesh Chayah OC 629 all allow sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Piskei Shemuot p. 101) holds that it is permissible to do but unnecessary. Rav Elyashiv, quoted in Succat Chayim page 52, however, does not permit sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. The Brisker Rav (HaSuccah Hashalem, Miluim 13:4) did in fact do this himself. </ref> This is relevant to chol hamoed, but not for Shabbat or Yom Tov, when an umbrella may not be used. See [[Boneh#Umbrella]].
			#It is permissible to sleep under a table that is less than 31.5 inches tall (which most tables are).<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 627:1 based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 627:1-2</ref>

	===Traveling===		===Traveling===

	#People who are traveling for business or for pressing matters <ref>Igrot Moshe OC 3:93 and Yalkut Yosef as quoted in Piskei Teshuvot p. 385 no. 38, hold that these are the travelers referred to in the Shulchan Aruch. However, those who travel for pleasure or without a real need and claim that they are exempt from sukkah are acting improperly. </ref> are exempt from a sukkah as long as they are traveling.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 640:8</ref> When they pause their journey, if they are unable to find a sukkah, they are also exempt from sukkah then. <ref>Rama 640:8 </ref>		#People who are traveling for business or for pressing matters<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 3:93 and Yalkut Yosef as quoted in Piskei Teshuvot p. 385 no. 38, hold that these are the travelers referred to in the Shulchan Aruch. However, those who travel for pleasure or without a real need and claim that they are exempt from sukkah are acting improperly. </ref> are exempt from a sukkah as long as they are traveling.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 640:8</ref> When they pause their journey, if they are unable to find a sukkah, they are also exempt from sukkah then. <ref>Rama 640:8 </ref>
	#If one is involved in a mitzvah, such as going to learn Torah,<ref>Mishna Brurah 640:35 </ref> he is exempt from the mitzvah of sukkah.<ref>The Shulchan Aruch 640:7, as explained by the Mishna Brurah, feels that in such a case one is not required to enter a sukkah even when one reaches a resting point on his mitzvah journey. Conversely, the Rama writes that if this is not difficult and will not affect his ability to perform the mitzvah, one should find a sukkah in which to eat and sleep. </ref> Accordingly, those tending to the needs of the sick are exempt from the sukkah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 640:3 as explained by the Mishna Brurah. Note that this rule does not include those helping one who is mitztaer (in pain), but only the sick as defined above.</ref>		#If one is involved in a mitzvah, such as going to learn Torah,<ref>Mishna Brurah 640:35 </ref> he is exempt from the mitzvah of sukkah.<ref>The Shulchan Aruch 640:7, as explained by the Mishna Brurah, feels that in such a case one is not required to enter a sukkah even when one reaches a resting point on his mitzvah journey. Conversely, the Rama writes that if this is not difficult and will not affect his ability to perform the mitzvah, one should find a sukkah in which to eat and sleep. </ref> Accordingly, those tending to the needs of the sick are exempt from the sukkah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 640:3 as explained by the Mishna Brurah. Note that this rule does not include those helping one who is mitztaer (in pain), but only the sick as defined above.</ref>

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	#If one feels crowded in the sukkah, this does not constitute “suffering” and one must continue to live there.<ref>Rama 640:4. Mishna Brurah 640:26 writes that a fastidious person for whom this is difficult is exempt. </ref>		#If one feels crowded in the sukkah, this does not constitute “suffering” and one must continue to live there.<ref>Rama 640:4. Mishna Brurah 640:26 writes that a fastidious person for whom this is difficult is exempt. </ref>
	#In general, one cannot claim that he is suffering and therefore exempt from the sukkah if others would typically not suffer from experiencing the matter he is facing.<ref>Rama 640:4. Nonetheless, the Mishna Brurah 640:29 writes that if one is a fastidious individual and other fastidious people of the same type would suffer from what he is undergoing, this would suffice to exempt him. </ref>		#In general, one cannot claim that he is suffering and therefore exempt from the sukkah if others would typically not suffer from experiencing the matter he is facing.<ref>Rama 640:4. Nonetheless, the Mishna Brurah 640:29 writes that if one is a fastidious individual and other fastidious people of the same type would suffer from what he is undergoing, this would suffice to exempt him. </ref>
	#Some poskim permit sitting under a handheld umbrella, even ~~over~~ ten [[Tefachim]], unlike a more permanent umbrella such as one supported by a table, because it is still considered sitting under the [[schach]]. One should not recite a beracha in this case <ref>Halichot Shlomo 2:8-20, Shalmei Moed pg. 112, She’arim Metzuyanim b’Halachah 135:5, and Nefesh Chayah OC 629 all allow sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Piskei Shemuot p. 101) holds that it is permissible to do but unnecessary. Rav Elyashiv, quoted in Succat Chayim page 52, however, does not permit sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. The Brisker Rav (HaSuccah Hashalem, Miluim 13:4) did in fact do this himself. </ref> This is relevant to chol hamoed, but not to on Shabbat or Yom Tov, when an umbrella may not be used. See [[Boneh#Umbrella]].		#Some poskim permit sitting under a handheld umbrella, even if it is ten [[Tefachim]] high, unlike a more permanent umbrella such as one supported by a table, because it is still considered sitting under the [[schach]]. One should not recite a beracha in this case.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 2:8-20, Shalmei Moed pg. 112), Rav Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia Sukkot p. 86), She’arim Metzuyanim b’Halachah 135:5, and Nefesh Chayah OC 629 all allow sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Piskei Shemuot p. 101) holds that it is permissible to do but unnecessary. Rav Elyashiv, quoted in Succat Chayim page 52, however, does not permit sitting in the Sukkah under an umbrella. The Brisker Rav (HaSuccah Hashalem, Miluim 13:4) did in fact do this himself. </ref> This is relevant to chol hamoed, but not to on Shabbat or Yom Tov, when an umbrella may not be used. See [[Boneh#Umbrella]].

	===Traveling===		===Traveling===

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	#According to Ashkenazim, if one didn’t sit in the sukkah on the first night but recited kiddush with Shehechiyanu indoors, one should repeat Shehechiyanu the next time one eats in the sukkah even. According to Sephardim, one should not.<ref>The Ran (Sukkah 22a s.v. VeIm) cites the Raavad who says that if one didn’t eat in the sukkah on the first night and said shehechiyanu indoors, one should say shehechiyanu the next time one eats in the sukkah for the sukkah itself. This is codified by the Rama 641:1. Chazon Ovadia (p. 127), however, is concerned for the Bach (responsa 132) who argues that the bracha of shehechiyanu can exempt a mitzvah even if it isn’t present when the bracha was made. Seemingly, this is only relevant for the Rama under extenuating circumstances. See Eliyah Rabba 641:2. </ref>		#According to Ashkenazim, if one didn’t sit in the sukkah on the first night but recited kiddush with Shehechiyanu indoors, one should repeat Shehechiyanu the next time one eats in the sukkah even. According to Sephardim, one should not.<ref>The Ran (Sukkah 22a s.v. VeIm) cites the Raavad who says that if one didn’t eat in the sukkah on the first night and said shehechiyanu indoors, one should say shehechiyanu the next time one eats in the sukkah for the sukkah itself. This is codified by the Rama 641:1. Chazon Ovadia (p. 127), however, is concerned for the Bach (responsa 132) who argues that the bracha of shehechiyanu can exempt a mitzvah even if it isn’t present when the bracha was made. Seemingly, this is only relevant for the Rama under extenuating circumstances. See Eliyah Rabba 641:2. </ref>
	#If one didn’t make a [[Shehecheyanu]] on the first night of [[Sukkot]], one can make it the rest of days and nights of [[Sukkot]].<ref>Magen Avraham 643:1, Mishna Brurah 643:2, Chazon Ovadyah (pg. 95) </ref>		#If one didn’t make a [[Shehecheyanu]] on the first night of [[Sukkot]], one can make it the rest of days and nights of [[Sukkot]].<ref>Magen Avraham 643:1, Mishna Brurah 643:2, Chazon Ovadyah (pg. 95) </ref>
	# Some ~~Sephardi~~ poskim hold woman shouldn't answer ~~Amen~~ to the bracha of Leshev Bsukkah in the kiddush if they plan to drink wine or grape juice since it could be a hefsek.<ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?a=125962 Rav Dovid Yosef (Mitzvat Yeshiva Bsukkah 5781 min 9)] citing his father, Rav Ovadia Yosef</ref>		# Some poskim hold woman shouldn't answer amen to the bracha of Leshev Bsukkah in the kiddush if they plan to drink wine or grape juice since it could be a hefsek,<ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?a=125962 Rav Dovid Yosef (Mitzvat Yeshiva Bsukkah 5781 min 9)] citing his father, Rav Ovadia Yosef, holds that it is forbidden for the women to answer amen. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1076067/Piskei-Rav-Schachter:-Rain-on-the-First-Two-Nights-of-Sukkos Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva Tishrei 5784)] agrees that they shouldn't answer amen.</ref> while others allow them to answer amen.<ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe OC 4:101:1) explains that it isn't a hefsek for a woman to answer amen to shehechiyanu in kiddush even though she already said that bracha when she lit candles. The reason is that since the one making kiddush needs to recite that bracha for himself she may answer amen.</ref>
			# Women may answer amen to the bracha of Leshev Basukkah at the end of kiddush even according to Sephardim that they may not recite the bracha themselves. The amen isn't considered an interruption between the kiddush and drinking wine or grape juice.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 4:101:1</ref>

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	##According to Sephardim, one is exempt from the [[Sukkah]] and one should eat in the house.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 639:3-5 rules like the Rashba that one is not obligated to eat in the Sukkah besides the first night and one is not obligated to eat in the Sukkah on the first night if it rains. Chazon Ovadia (p. 100 and 122) rules like Shulchan Aruch in both instances. </ref> However, if one wants to be strict one may wait a little bit for the rain to stop but one should not wait too long which would cause oneself pain on [[Yom Tov]]. If after eating the house the rains stops then if it’s before [[chatzot]] (halachic midnight) one should go into the [[Sukkah]] to eat one [[kezayit]] of bread and make Leshev Basukkah and if it’s after [[chatzot]] one shouldn’t recite the bracha of Leshev unless one eats a [[KeBaytzah\|kebaytzah]] of bread.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 140), Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 122) </ref>		##According to Sephardim, one is exempt from the [[Sukkah]] and one should eat in the house.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 639:3-5 rules like the Rashba that one is not obligated to eat in the Sukkah besides the first night and one is not obligated to eat in the Sukkah on the first night if it rains. Chazon Ovadia (p. 100 and 122) rules like Shulchan Aruch in both instances. </ref> However, if one wants to be strict one may wait a little bit for the rain to stop but one should not wait too long which would cause oneself pain on [[Yom Tov]]. If after eating the house the rains stops then if it’s before [[chatzot]] (halachic midnight) one should go into the [[Sukkah]] to eat one [[kezayit]] of bread and make Leshev Basukkah and if it’s after [[chatzot]] one shouldn’t recite the bracha of Leshev unless one eats a [[KeBaytzah\|kebaytzah]] of bread.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 140), Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 122) </ref>
	#If one recited [[Kiddush]] and ate a [[keyazit]] of bread in the [[Sukkah]] while it was raining and then one wakes up in the middle of the night and sees that it is not raining, some poskim hold that one does not have to get up to eat in the [[Sukkah]],<ref>Mishna Brurah 639:36</ref> while others hold that one should get up to eat more than a kebeytzah of bread in the [[Sukkah]].<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/749248/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/_Eating_In_The_Succah_The_first_Night_Of_Succos_and_Hilchos_Mitztaer# Rabbi Tzvi Sobolovsky in a shiur on yutorah.org (min 30-5)] quotes Rabbi Mordechai Willig as having ruled that if it rains on the first night of [[Sukkot]] and one ate in the [[Sukkah]], and then fell asleep, if one wakes up and sees that it stopped raining, one should get up and eat a [[Kezayit]] in the [[Sukkah]] in order to be certain that one fulfilled this mitzvah deoritta. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1076067/Piskei-Rav-Schachter:-Rain-on-the-First-Two-Nights-of-Sukkos Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva Tishrei 5784)] agrees that he should eat again in the Sukkah. He adds that someone who woke up should even wake others up in order to fulfill this mitzvah. </ref>		#If one recited [[Kiddush]] and ate a [[keyazit]] of bread in the [[Sukkah]] while it was raining and then one wakes up in the middle of the night and sees that it is not raining, some poskim hold that one does not have to get up to eat in the [[Sukkah]],<ref>Mishna Brurah 639:36</ref> while others hold that one should get up to eat more than a kebeytzah of bread in the [[Sukkah]].<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/749248/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/_Eating_In_The_Succah_The_first_Night_Of_Succos_and_Hilchos_Mitztaer# Rabbi Tzvi Sobolovsky in a shiur on yutorah.org (min 30-5)] quotes Rabbi Mordechai Willig as having ruled that if it rains on the first night of [[Sukkot]] and one ate in the [[Sukkah]], and then fell asleep, if one wakes up and sees that it stopped raining, one should get up and eat a [[Kezayit]] in the [[Sukkah]] in order to be certain that one fulfilled this mitzvah deoritta. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1076067/Piskei-Rav-Schachter:-Rain-on-the-First-Two-Nights-of-Sukkos Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva Tishrei 5784)] agrees that he should eat again in the Sukkah. He adds that someone who woke up should even wake others up in order to fulfill this mitzvah. </ref>
	#It is permissible for the men to make Kiddush in the Sukkah and the women and those who are exempt from Sukkah to listen to the Kiddush while staying inside.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 273:6, Mishna Brurah 273:28</ref>		#It is permissible for the men to make Kiddush in the Sukkah and the women and those who are exempt from Sukkah to listen to the Kiddush while staying inside.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 273:6, Mishna Brurah 273:28. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1076067/Piskei-Rav-Schachter:-Rain-on-the-First-Two-Nights-of-Sukkos Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva Tishrei 5784)] writes that in such a situation the women should make kiddush for themselves inside.</ref>
	#If the rain stops but your Sukkah is still too wet to sit in, and someone else has a Sukkah which had a shlok (roof) on their Sukkah to protect it from the rain on the first two nights of Sukkot he must go and eat in his friends Sukkah that is dry.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1076067/Piskei-Rav-Schachter:-Rain-on-the-First-Two-Nights-of-Sukkos Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva Tishrei 5784)] explains that the type of mista'er (pain that exempts a person from Sukkah) to have to go to his friend's Sukkah only exempts him the other days of Sukkot but not the first two nights of Sukkah since at the time when he's sitting in the Sukkah he won't be mista'er. </ref>		#If the rain stops but your Sukkah is still too wet to sit in, and someone else has a Sukkah which had a shlok (roof) on their Sukkah to protect it from the rain on the first two nights of Sukkot he must go and eat in his friends Sukkah that is dry.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1076067/Piskei-Rav-Schachter:-Rain-on-the-First-Two-Nights-of-Sukkos Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva Tishrei 5784)] explains that the type of mista'er (pain that exempts a person from Sukkah) to have to go to his friend's Sukkah only exempts him the other days of Sukkot but not the first two nights of Sukkah since at the time when he's sitting in the Sukkah he won't be mista'er. </ref>