[Avodah] Mitsvat Sukkah is almost unique

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' David Riceman wrote:
> Sefer Toldoth Adam (a biography of R. Zalman Volozhiner, who
> was a student of the Gra) says that R. Zalman used to wear
> mittens when he slept so that he could start learning when
> he woke up without having to wash his hands first.

I can see how mittens protect one from Yadayim Askaniyos, but I cannot see how they would protect from Ruach Ra. Perhaps this very point is additonal evidence for the view of Rav Chaim Volozhiner (reported here in the name of Rav Nebentzal and Rav Auerbach) that there actually is no longer any such ruach ra.

Akiva Miller