[Avodah] rain on succot

[Marty Bluke]

Rn Toby Katz wrote:
<It is only a curse if it rains on the first night  of Sukkos at the time of
<the seudah and rains hard enough to prevent you  from eating in the sukka that
<night.   After midnight or any other  time during the chag rain is a bracha.
<Rashi says the best time for  rain is leilei Shabasos after midnight, when
<everybody is snug at home.  At  almost any other time, rain is definitely
<inconvenient but still a  bracha.

No, for a lot of reasons among them that there is a mitzva to sleep in
the succah and therefore if it rains after midnight you need to go
inside and sleep inside. The mitzva of succa is teshvu k'ein taduru,
you are supposed tolive in the succa not just eat there.

The Mishna in Succa 28b states that when it rains you go into your
house. The Mishna explain why with the following statement "it is like
a servant who comes to serve a drink to his master and the drink
spills on his face". The Gemara has a fascinating discussion about who
is getting the water spilled on their face, the servant or the master.
In any case neither the Mishna nor the Gemara restrict this to the
first night and in fact this din aplies on all 7 days.