Today we finished the second chapter of our massekhet with daf TB Sukkah 29. The Mishnah on TB Sukkahh 28b teaches us that we make our permanent home a temporary dwelling and our sukkah, a temporary dwelling, our permanent home during the seven days of the holiday. "All seven days of Sukkot, a person renders his sukka his permanent residence and his house his temporary residence." (Sefaria.org translation) The sukkah structure itself is temporary, but we spend the vast majority of our time in it. The Gemara explains how we accomplish making our sukkah a permanent residence during the holiday. "How so? If he has beautiful vessels, he takes them up to the sukka, which was typically built on the roof. If he has beautiful bedding, he takes it up to the sukka. He eats and drinks and relaxes in the sukka. The Gemara asks: From where are these matters derived? The Gemara explains that it is as the Sages taught: “In sukkot shall you reside” (Leviticus 23:42), and they interpreted: Reside as you dwell in your permanent home." (Sefaria.org translation)
Our sukkah is compared to our home. If our house's roof has so many leaks we would not be able to stay inside, the Mishnah teaches us that if it starts raining when are we allowed to leave the sukkah. "If rain fell, from when is it permitted to vacate the sukka? It is permitted from the point that it is raining so hard that the congealed dish will spoil." (Sefaria.org translation)
The Gemara is even more lenient then the Mishnah."It was taught in the Tosefta: The measure is from when a congealed dish of pounded grain, a dish ruined by even slight rainfall, will spoil." (Sefaria.org translation)
Rav Yosef is even more lenient. It doesn't even need to rain for him to leave the sukkah. "Abaye was sitting before Rav Yosef in the sukka. The wind blew and brought with it splinters from the roofing, and they fell onto the food. Rav Yosef said to him: Vacate my vessels from here, and I will eat in the house. Abaye said to him: Didn’t we learn in the mishna that one remains in the sukka until the congealed dish will spoil? That is not yet the case. He said to him: For me, since I am delicate, this situation is as if the congealed dish will spoil.” Rashi quoting TB Pesakhim 113b "The Sages taught: There are three types of people whose lives are not lives, due to their constant suffering: The compassionate, the hot tempered, and the delicate. Rav Yosef said: All of these attributes are found in me." (Sefaria.org translation) to explain why Rav Yosef was suffering in the sukkah and decided he was permitted to leave.
Once a person leaves the sukkah because it's raining, is he obligated to return once it stops? "The Sages taught: If one was eating in the sukka, and rain fell, and he descended from the sukka on the roof to eat in his house, one does not burden him to ascend back to the sukka once the rain ceases until after he finishes his meal. Similarly, if one was sleeping under the roofing of the sukka, and rain fell, and he descended to sleep in the house, one does not burden him to ascend back to the sukka once the rain ceases; rather, he may sleep in the house until it becomes light.
"A dilemma was raised before the Sages: Is the correct reading of the baraita: Until one awakens [sheyeor-שֶׁיֵּעוֹר], spelled with an ayin, and once he awakens he returns to the sukka even in the middle of the night? Or is the correct reading: Until it becomes light [sheyeor-שֶׁיֵּאוֹר], spelled with an alef, and he need not return to the sukka until morning? Come and hear a proof that will resolve the matter from a related baraita: One need not return to the sukka until it becomes light [sheyeor], spelled with an alef, and dawn arrives. The Gemara asks: Why did the baraita repeat the arrival of light two times (Ritva)? Rather, say instead: Until he awakens [sheyeor], spelled with an ayin, and the dawn arrives. Both of the readings are accurate, as until one awakens and it becomes light he may remain in the house.” (Sefaria.org translation)
I thought you would appreciate the song “Don’t let the rain come down” in honor of today's daf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKq3ju5sE8Q
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