[Avodah] Mitsvat Sukkah is almost unique

[David Riceman]

Shlomo Argamon wrote:
> "ADMO"R ZLLH"H heard from HaRav David BHR"N ZT"L that the
> tradition (masoret) from the GR"A is that from the time that the true  
> convert R. Avraham ben Avraham the Graf Potocki was burned to death `al  
> qidush Hashem, the "ruahh ra`ah" no longer exists (batlah) on the hands.   
> And ADMO"R ZLLH"H explained that this is just regarding matters whose  
> source is the Zohar, and not regarding matters found in the Gemara.  For  
> example, one need not be concerned about not walking 4 amot before the  
> washing, as its source is in the Zohar and not from the law (midina) of  
> the Gemara."
>   
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.

David Riceman