11/10/2022
פרנס היום
Today's Day of Learning at
Cheder Chabad of Baltimore
On Thursday, 16 Cheshvan - November 10
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The 3rd Grade (Boys Division-Rabbi Schanowitz's class) is studying today Mishnayos Sukkah Chapter 2 Mishna 6:
רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה סְעוּדוֹת חַיָּב אָדָם לֶאֱכֹל בַּסֻּכָּה, אַחַת בַּיּוֹם וְאַחַת בַּלָּיְלָה. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵין לַדָּבָר קִצְבָה, חוּץ מִלֵּילֵי יוֹם טוֹב רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל חָג בִּלְבָד. וְעוֹד אָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, מִי שֶׁלֹּא אָכַל לֵילֵי יוֹם טוֹב הָרִאשׁוֹן, יַשְׁלִים בְּלֵילֵי יוֹם טוֹב הָאַחֲרוֹן. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵין לַדָּבָר תַּשְׁלוּמִין, עַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר (קהלת א) מְעֻוָּת לֹא יוּכַל לִתְקֹן, וְחֶסְרוֹן לֹא יוּכַל לְהִמָּנוֹת:
Rabbi Eliezer says: A person is obligated to eat fourteen meals in the sukka over the course of the seven days of the festival of Sukkot, one during the day each day and one at night each night. And the Rabbis say: There is no quota for the number of meals, and one may choose whether or not to eat any of the meals except for the meal on the evening of the first Festival day of Sukkot, which one is required to eat in the sukka. And furthermore, Rabbi Eliezer said: One who did not eat a meal on the evening of the first day of the Festival should compensate with a meal on the evening of the last day of the Festival, on the Eighth Day of Assembly, despite the fact that he will not eat it in the sukka. And the Rabbis say: There is no compensation for this matter, and with regard to similar cases where it is impossible to rectify failure to fulfill a positive mitzva, it is stated: “That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered” (Ecclesiastes 1:15).
Brief Insight:
The Rambam in his explanation to the Mishna explains the crux of the difference between Rabbi Eliezer and the Rabbis. Rabbi Eliezer focuses on the obligation to live in the Sukkah just as one lives at home. Just as in one's home one eats in the morning and evening, so too in the Sukkah one is obligated to eat in the morning and evening.
The Rabbis, however, compare the mitzvah of Sukkah to the mitzvah of eating Matzah. There is only an obligation to eat Matzah on the first night of Pesach and the other days are optional. If one would like to eat "bread," it must be non-leaven, but there is no obligation to further eat non-leaven bread. Eating in the Sukkah is the same, there is only an absolute obligation to eat in the Sukkah on the first night. A person is not obligated to eat in the Sukkah the rest of the days of Sukkos. Merely, if one wants to eat, one must eat in a Sukkah.
