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==Eating in the Sukkah==
==Eating in the Sukkah==
# There’s an obligation to eat a [[Kezayit]] of bread in the [[Sukkah]] on the first night of [[Sukkot]]. <Ref> Rambam Hilchot Succa 6:7, S”A 639:3, Chazon Ovadyah pg 132 </ref> During the remaining days there is no obligation to eat in the [[Sukkah]] because you can just eat fruits or vegetables but there is still a mitzva to eat bread in the succa every day. <ref> Mishna Berura 639:24 </ref>
# There’s an obligation to eat a [[Kezayit]] of bread in the [[Sukkah]] on the first night of [[Sukkot]]. <Ref> Rambam Hilchot Succa 6:7, S”A 639:3, Chazon Ovadyah pg 132 </ref> During the remaining days there is no obligation to eat in the [[Sukkah]] because you can just eat fruits or vegetables but there is still a mitzva to eat bread in the succa every day. <ref> Mishna Brurah 639:24 </ref>
# While [[sitting in the Sukkah]], one should have intent that one will fulfill the mitzvah, and that Hashem commanded us to sit in [[Sukkot]] in order to remember the exodus from Egypt (Yetsiat Mitzrayim) and that the [[Sukkot]] are in commemoration for the clouds of glory. <ref> There is a dispute in Gemara [[Sukkah]] 11b whether the [[Sukkot]] that Jews sit in are in commemoration of actual [[sukkot]] that Bnei Yisrael sat in in the desert or the Ananei Hakavod (clouds of glory) that God gave us for protection. The Tur 625:1 writes that the [[Sukkot]] are in commemoration of the Ananei Hakavod and the Jews sit in the Succa specifically in the winter (instead of when Bnei Yisrael left Eygpt) to show that even though the norm is to move back into your house for the winter, we move outside to fulfill G-d’s will. The Bach 625:1 s.v. BaSukkot says that the fact that the Tur wrote this indicates that one hasn't fulfilled one's mitzva completely if while [[sitting in the Sukkah]] one didn’t remember the exodus from Egypt (Yetsiyat Mitzrayim) since the pasuk states explicitly that the mitzvah of [[Sukkot]] is to remind us of the exodus. The Mishna Brurah 625:1 writes that one should have the intent that Hashem commanded us to sit in [[Sukkot]] in order to remember the exodus from Egypt (Yetsiat Mitzrayim) and that the Sukkat are in commemoration for the clouds of glory.  
# While [[sitting in the Sukkah]], one should have intent that one will fulfill the mitzvah, and that Hashem commanded us to sit in [[Sukkot]] in order to remember the exodus from Egypt (Yetsiat Mitzrayim) and that the [[Sukkot]] are in commemoration for the clouds of glory. <ref> There is a dispute in Gemara [[Sukkah]] 11b whether the [[Sukkot]] that Jews sit in are in commemoration of actual [[sukkot]] that Bnei Yisrael sat in in the desert or the Ananei Hakavod (clouds of glory) that God gave us for protection. The Tur 625:1 writes that the [[Sukkot]] are in commemoration of the Ananei Hakavod and the Jews sit in the Succa specifically in the winter (instead of when Bnei Yisrael left Eygpt) to show that even though the norm is to move back into your house for the winter, we move outside to fulfill G-d’s will. The Bach 625:1 s.v. BaSukkot says that the fact that the Tur wrote this indicates that one hasn't fulfilled one's mitzva completely if while [[sitting in the Sukkah]] one didn’t remember the exodus from Egypt (Yetsiyat Mitzrayim) since the pasuk states explicitly that the mitzvah of [[Sukkot]] is to remind us of the exodus. The Mishna Brurah 625:1 writes that one should have the intent that Hashem commanded us to sit in [[Sukkot]] in order to remember the exodus from Egypt (Yetsiat Mitzrayim) and that the Sukkat are in commemoration for the clouds of glory.  
* See also the Tur 417 who quotes his brother regarding the connection between [[Sukkot]] and Yacov Avinu. See more about that idea on [https://www.dailyhalacha.com/WeeklyParasha.asp?PageIndex=26&ParashaClipID=328 dailyhalacha.com].</ref> According to most authorities, after the fact, if one didn't have these intentions then one fulfills the mitzvah as long as one had intention to fulfill the mitzvah. <ref> The Pri Megadim (A"A Intro to Siman 625) writes that this is only in order to do the mitzvah in it's best way, however, after the fact even without the intent one has still fulfilled one's obligation as long as one had the intent to fulfill the mitzvah (as part of the concept that mitzvot need kavana). Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 97) and Mishna Berura (625:1) agree with the Pri Megadim, unlike the Bikkurei Yaakov (625:3) who holds that one doesn't fulfill one's obligation at all without the proper intent. Rav Shternbach in Moadim UZmanim (vol 1 pg 169) writes that although lacking the Kavanna doesn’t take away the mitzvah, however, one still looses the separate mitzvah of having kavanah.</ref>
* See also the Tur 417 who quotes his brother regarding the connection between [[Sukkot]] and Yacov Avinu. See more about that idea on [https://www.dailyhalacha.com/WeeklyParasha.asp?PageIndex=26&ParashaClipID=328 dailyhalacha.com].</ref> According to most authorities, after the fact, if one didn't have these intentions then one fulfills the mitzvah as long as one had intention to fulfill the mitzvah. <ref> The Pri Megadim (A"A Intro to Siman 625) writes that this is only in order to do the mitzvah in it's best way, however, after the fact even without the intent one has still fulfilled one's obligation as long as one had the intent to fulfill the mitzvah (as part of the concept that mitzvot need kavana). Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 97) and Mishna Brurah (625:1) agree with the Pri Megadim, unlike the Bikkurei Yaakov (625:3) who holds that one doesn't fulfill one's obligation at all without the proper intent. Rav Shternbach in Moadim UZmanim (vol 1 pg 169) writes that although lacking the Kavanna doesn’t take away the mitzvah, however, one still looses the separate mitzvah of having kavanah.</ref>


==Who is obligated to eat in the Sukkah?==  
==Who is obligated to eat in the Sukkah?==  
# Women are exempt from the [[Sukkah]]. <ref> Mishna [[Sukkah]] 28a, S"A 640:1 </ref>
# Women are exempt from the [[Sukkah]]. <ref> Mishna [[Sukkah]] 28a, S"A 640:1 </ref>
# Very young children are exempt from the [[Sukkah]], however, once they are reach that they no longer need their mother (around age 5) there is a mitzvah of [[Chinuch]] (training them in mitzvot) that a child be obligated in sitting in the [[sukkah]]. <ref> S"A 640:2, Mishna Brurah 640:2. The Magen Avraham 640 says that it is prohibited to feed children outside the [[sukkah]], just like it is forbidden to feed children not kosher food. Sh"uT Binyan Av 1:25 says that a man cannot feed the child outside the [[sukkah]] but a woman can. The Mishna Berura 640:5 quotes this magen avraham and adds that on shouldn't even tell the child to eat outside the [[sukkah]]. Rav Moshe Shternbuch in Tshuvot Vihanhagot 3:211 says very young children are exempt based on the fact that they need their mothers to eat properly. Aruch Hashulchan 640:2 justifies not obligating them in sukka because children have a lower tolerance for the cold.</ref>
# Very young children are exempt from the [[Sukkah]], however, once they are reach that they no longer need their mother (around age 5) there is a mitzvah of [[Chinuch]] (training them in mitzvot) that a child be obligated in sitting in the [[sukkah]]. <ref> S"A 640:2, Mishna Brurah 640:2. The Magen Avraham 640 says that it is prohibited to feed children outside the [[sukkah]], just like it is forbidden to feed children not kosher food. Sh"uT Binyan Av 1:25 says that a man cannot feed the child outside the [[sukkah]] but a woman can. The Mishna Brurah 640:5 quotes this magen avraham and adds that on shouldn't even tell the child to eat outside the [[sukkah]]. Rav Moshe Shternbuch in Tshuvot Vihanhagot 3:211 says very young children are exempt based on the fact that they need their mothers to eat properly. Aruch Hashulchan 640:2 justifies not obligating them in sukka because children have a lower tolerance for the cold.</ref>
# A person who is sick is exempt from the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>S"A 640:3 based on Mishna [[Sukkah]] 25a. </ref>
# A person who is sick is exempt from the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>S"A 640:3 based on Mishna [[Sukkah]] 25a. </ref>
# Someone who needs to travel for business purposes is exempt from sitting in a [[sukkah]]. <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 3:93 says that the exemption for travelers outlined in the mishna [[sukkah]] 25a and the gemara 26a only applies to business travelers and not to those traveling for leisure. </ref>  
# Someone who needs to travel for business purposes is exempt from sitting in a [[sukkah]]. <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 3:93 says that the exemption for travelers outlined in the mishna [[sukkah]] 25a and the gemara 26a only applies to business travelers and not to those traveling for leisure. </ref>