## Sukkah Daf 27a

###### Sukkah 27a:1
[Sukkah 27a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:1)

וְאָמְרוּ: הַעֲלוּם לַסּוּכָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and they** each **said: Take them up to the *sukka*.**


###### Sukkah 27a:2
[Sukkah 27a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:2)

וּכְשֶׁנָּתְנוּ לוֹ לְרַבִּי צָדוֹק אוֹכֶל פָּחוֹת מִכְּבֵיצָה, נְטָלוֹ בְּמַפָּה וַאֲכָלוֹ חוּץ לַסּוּכָּה וְלֹא בֵּירַךְ אַחֲרָיו. הָא כְּבֵיצָה, בָּעֵי סוּכָּה. לֵימָא תֶּיהְוֵי תְּיוּבְתֵּיהּ דְּרַב יוֹסֵף וְאַבָּיֵי! דִּילְמָא פָּחוֹת מִכְּבֵיצָה נְטִילָה וּבְרָכָה לָא בָּעֵי, הָא כְּבֵיצָה בָּעֵי נְטִילָה וּבְרָכָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And when they gave Rabbi Tzadok less than an egg-bulk of food, he took** the food **in a cloth and he ate it outside the *sukka* and did not recite a blessing after** eating **it.** The Gemara infers: Had they given him **an egg-bulk** of food, **he** would have been **required** to eat it in a ***sukka*. Let us say that this is a conclusive refutation of** the opinion of **Rav Yosef and Abaye,** who said that one is permitted to eat that measure in the context of a casual meal outside the *sukka*. The Gemara answers: No proof can be cited from here, because **perhaps** the reason the mishna emphasizes that Rabbi Tzadok ate less than an egg-bulk of food is that eating **less than an egg-bulk does not require washing** hands **and** reciting **a blessing** after eating it; **however,** eating **an egg-bulk requires washing and** reciting a **blessing.**


###### Sukkah 27a:3
[Sukkah 27a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:3)

**מַתְנִי׳** רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה סְעוּדוֹת חַיָּיב אָדָם לֶאֱכוֹל בַּסּוּכָּה, אַחַת בְּיוֹם וְאַחַת בַּלַּיְלָה. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: אֵין לַדָּבָר קִצְבָה, חוּץ מִלֵּילֵי יוֹם טוֹב רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל חַג בִּלְבַד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **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*.


###### Sukkah 27a:4
[Sukkah 27a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:4)

וְעוֹד אָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר: מִי שֶׁלֹּא אָכַל [לֵילֵי] יוֹם טוֹב הָרִאשׁוֹן — יַשְׁלִים לֵילֵי יוֹם טוֹב הָאַחֲרוֹן שֶׁל חַג. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: אֵין לַדָּבָר תַּשְׁלוּמִין, וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר: ״מְעֻוָּת לֹא יוּכַל לִתְקוֹן וְחֶסְרוֹן לֹא יוּכַל לְהִמָּנוֹת״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**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).


###### Sukkah 27a:5
[Sukkah 27a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:5)

**גְּמָ׳** מַאי טַעְמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר? ״תֵּשְׁבוּ״ כְּעֵין תָּדוּרוּ. מָה דִּירָה — אַחַת בַּיּוֹם וְאַחַת בַּלַּיְלָה, אַף סוּכָּה — אַחַת בְּיוֹם וְאַחַת בַּלַּיְלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **What is the rationale** for the opinion **of Rabbi Eliezer,** who mandates eating fourteen meals in the *sukka*? The Gemara answers that he derives his opinion from the verse: “In *sukkot* **shall you reside”** (Leviticus 23:42), which the Sages interpreted to mean: Reside **as you dwell** in your permanent home. Therefore, **just as** in one’s **dwelling** one typically eats **one** meal **during the day and one** meal **at night, so too, in a *sukka*** one eats **one** meal **during the day and one** meal **at night.**


###### Sukkah 27a:6
[Sukkah 27a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:6)

וְרַבָּנַן? כְּדִירָה. מָה דִּירָה — אִי בָּעֵי אָכֵיל אִי בָּעֵי לָא אָכֵיל, אַף סוּכָּה נָמֵי — אִי בָּעֵי אָכֵיל אִי בָּעֵי לָא אָכֵיל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And** how do **the Rabbis** interpret that verse? The Gemara answers: They explain that a *sukka* is **like a** permanent **dwelling. Just as** in one’s **dwelling, if one desires** to eat, **he eats, and if one does not desire** to do so, **he does not eat, so too,** in the ***sukka*, if one desires** to eat, **he eats, and if one does not desire** to do so, **he does not eat.**


###### Sukkah 27a:7
[Sukkah 27a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:7)

אִי הָכִי אֲפִילּוּ לֵילֵי יוֹם טוֹב רִאשׁוֹן נָמֵי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **If so,** then according to the Rabbis, **even** on **the first Festival evening as well** one should not be required to eat in the *sukka*.


###### Sukkah 27a:8
[Sukkah 27a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:8)

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יְהוֹצָדָק: נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר״, וְנֶאֱמַר ״חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר״ בְּחַג הַמַּצּוֹת. מָה לְהַלָּן — לַיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן חוֹבָה, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ רְשׁוּת, אַף כָּאן — לַיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן חוֹבָה, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ רְשׁוּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yehotzadak:** There is a verbal analogy between the festivals of Passover and *Sukkot*. **It is stated here,** with regard to *Sukkot*: “On the **fifteenth** day of this seventh month is the festival of *Sukkot* for seven days unto the Lord” (Leviticus 23:34). **And it is stated:** “And on the **fifteenth** day of the same month is the festival of *matzot* unto the Lord” (Leviticus 23:6) **with regard to** the festival of **Passover. Just as there,** with regard to Passover, on **the first night** there is **an obligation** to eat *matza* **and from that point onward it is optional,** as from that point onward the only obligation is to refrain from eating leaven, **so too here,** with regard to *Sukkot*, on **the first night** there **is an obligation** to eat in the *sukka* **and from that point onward it is optional.**


###### Sukkah 27a:9
[Sukkah 27a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:9)

וְהָתָם מְנָלַן? אָמַר קְרָא: ״בָּעֶרֶב תֹּאכְלוּ מַצּוֹת״, הַכָּתוּב קְבָעוֹ חוֹבָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And there,** with regard to Passover, **from where do we** derive that there is an obligation to eat *matza* on the first night? The Gemara answers that **the verse says: “In the evening you shall eat *matzot*”** (Exodus 12:18). **The verse established it** as **an obligation.**


###### Sukkah 27a:10
[Sukkah 27a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:10)

וְעוֹד אָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר: וְהָא אָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה סְעוּדוֹת חַיָּיב אָדָם לֶאֱכוֹל בַּסּוּכָּה, אַחַת בַּיּוֹם וְאַחַת בַּלַּיְלָה! אָמַר בֵּירָא אָמַר רַבִּי אַמֵּי: חָזַר בּוֹ רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna continues: **And furthermore, Rabbi Eliezer said** that 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. The Gemara asks: **But didn’t Rabbi Eliezer say** that **a person is obligated to eat fourteen meals in the *sukka*, one during the day and one at night?** However, the compensatory meal on the evening of the Eighth Day of Assembly is not eaten in the *sukka*. **Beira said** that **Rabbi Ami said: Rabbi Eliezer retracted** his previous statement and agrees with the Rabbis that there is no quota for the meals that one must eat in the *sukka*, and it is only the meal on the first evening of the Festival that one must eat in the *sukka*. Their dispute is with regard to compensation if one failed to eat the meal on the first evening.


###### Sukkah 27a:11
[Sukkah 27a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:11)

מַשְׁלִים בְּמַאי? אִילֵימָא בְּרִיפְתָּא, סְעוּדָה דְיוֹמֵיהּ קָא אָכֵיל. אֶלָּא, מַאי יַשְׁלִים — יַשְׁלִים בְּמִינֵי תַרְגִּימָא. תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי: אִם הִשְׁלִים בְּמִינֵי תַרְגִּימָא — יָצָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **With what** will **he compensate** for his failure to eat the Festival meal? **If we say** that he compensates **with bread, he is** thereby **eating the** festive **meal of that** Eighth **Day** of Assembly; how is it obvious that it is compensation for a different meal? **Rather, what is** the meaning of: **He** should **compensate?** It means that **he** should **compensate by** adding **types of delicacies [*targima*]. That is taught** in a *baraita* **as well: If he compensated by** adding **types of delicacies, he fulfilled his obligation.**


###### Sukkah 27a:12
[Sukkah 27a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:12)

שָׁאַל אַפּוֹטְרוֹפּוֹס שֶׁל אַגְרִיפַּס הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר: כְּגוֹן אֲנִי, שֶׁאֵינִי רָגִיל לֶאֱכוֹל אֶלָּא סְעוּדָה אַחַת בַּיּוֹם, מַהוּ שֶׁאוֹכַל סְעוּדָה אַחַת וְאֶפָּטֵר? אָמַר לוֹ: בְּכׇל יוֹם וְיוֹם אַתָּה מַמְשִׁיךְ כַּמָּה פַּרְפְּרָאוֹת לִכְבוֹד עַצְמְךָ, וְעַכְשָׁיו אִי אַתָּה מַמְשִׁיךְ פַּרְפֶּרֶת אַחַת לִכְבוֹד קוֹנֶךָ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The steward [*apotropos*] of King Agrippas asked Rabbi Eliezer: For** someone **like me, who is accustomed to eat only one meal a day, what is** the *halakha*? Is it sufficient **that I eat one meal** and **exempt** myself from the obligation to eat any more that day? Rabbi Eliezer **said to him: Each day you continue** eating **and taste various kinds of appetizers in deference to your own** desires, **and now you do not continue** eating even **one appetizer in deference to your Maker?**


###### Sukkah 27a:13
[Sukkah 27a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:13)

וְעוֹד שְׁאָלוֹ: כְּגוֹן אֲנִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים, אַחַת בִּטְבֶרְיָא וְאַחַת בְּצִיפּוֹרִי, וְיֵשׁ לִי שְׁתֵּי סוּכּוֹת אַחַת בִּטְבֶרְיָא וְאַחַת בְּצִיפּוֹרִי, מַהוּ שֶׁאֵצֵא מִסּוּכָּה לְסוּכָּה וְאֶפָּטֵר? אָמַר לוֹ: לֹא! שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמֵר: כׇּל הַיּוֹצֵא מִסּוּכָּה לְסוּכָּה בִּטֵּל מִצְוָתָהּ שֶׁל רִאשׁוֹנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** the steward **further asked** Rabbi Eliezer: **For** someone **like me, who has two wives, one in Tiberias and one in Tzippori, and has two *sukkot*, one in Tiberias and one in Tzippori, what** is the *halakha*? Can **I depart from** one ***sukka* to** another ***sukka* and exempt** myself from the obligation? In other words, is it permitted to fulfill the mitzva in one *sukka* for part of *Sukkot* and in another for the rest of the Festival? Rabbi Eliezer **said to him: No, as I say** that **anyone who departs from** one ***sukka* to** another ***sukka* has negated the mitzva of the first.** The obligation is to reside in the same *sukka* for all seven days.


###### Sukkah 27a:14
[Sukkah 27a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/27a:14)

תַּנְיָא רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Eliezer says:**