From the Rav’s Desk: Women building Sukkah and buying Lulav set

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  1. Question: [Tuesday, 8th Tishrei 5781]

My husband and all the boys will be away for Sukkos and so there will only be girls at home. Do I have any obligation to build a Sukkah and must I purchase a set of Daled Minim.

 

Answer:

Daled Minim: Even women are to purchase a set of Daled Minim for the sake of shaking daily with a blessing.

Sukkah: Women are not obligated to eat in a Sukkah and therefore you’re not obligated to build one. Nonetheless, if easily feasible, it is proper to do so in spirit of the holiday, as also women are allowed to eat in the Sukkah and recite a blessing. If, however, you have another Sukkah available to eat in when you choose, such as the sukkah of a neighbor, or of a Shul, then there is no need for you to build your own Sukkah.

Explanation: Although women are exempt from the mitzvah of shaking Lulav, nonetheless, they accepted it upon themselves as an obligation and therefore are to do so each day with a blessing. Now, regarding sukkah, women are exempt from the mitzvah and never accepted it upon themselves, and therefore technically there is no need for them to build a sukkah. Nonetheless, it is suggested for one to do so in spirit of the house, if it is not too difficult and if another sukkah is not available.

Sources: Regarding Lulav, see: Admur 17:3; 589:2; Rama 658:9; Taz 658:9; M”A 658:11; M”B 655:1; Rabbeinu Tam R”H 33a; Tur 589; Ritva Sukkah 2; Rashba 123; Maggid Mishneh Shofar 2 in name of Rashba; Shut Min Hashamayim 1; Birkeiy Yosef 654:2; Yosef Ometz 82; See Kaf Hachaim 17:4; 589:23; Darkei Chaim Veshalom 778  Regarding Sukkah, see: Admur 640:1; Michaber 640:1; Tur 640:1; Mishneh Sukkah 28a; Divrei Yatziv 2:274; Darkei Chaim Veshalom 778

 

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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