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Sukkah 27: The Hotel California of Sukkahs

How many meals must be eaten in the sukkah? The mishnah says: 14, day and night, each day. But that's disputed - between a meal a day and no set amount.... Which leads to a deeper dive into R. Eliezer's approach. Including not moving from one sukkah to another. What if you missed a meal? Can you make it up on Shemini Atzeret? Plus, a story about King Agrippas's steward, and how he only eats one meal per day. The claim is that one should push oneself to honor Hashem with the 14 meals. Plus, a man with 2 wives, and therefore 2 sukkot. Which seems to counter R. Eliezer's opinion, effectively…

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