[Avodah] Hashkafa Question on Sukkah Eating,

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Rich Wolpoe asked:

> Avraham spends the entire Chol haMoed avoiding the CHIYYUV
> of eating in the Sukkah. Instead of needing to find a
> sukkah, he adjusts his diet to eat foods that do not
> trigger an obligation. He has water, fruit juice, a hard
> boiled egg, but nothing to kovei'a any s'uda
>
> Yitzchak religiously washes twice a day and makes hammotzi
> and benches. He aims to get in 14 s'udos mamash over the
> course of sukkos over the course of the Chag. But Yitzchak
> also eats several signifcant portions of food outside the
> sukkah in addition to these 14 times. Some of them would
> be mamash k'vias s'uda, but maybe he has a heter when
> traveling or at the office.
>
> Haskafically Avraham has srcupulously avoided a bittul
> aseh, but makes no brachah on hol Hamoed. Yitzchak makes
> 2 brachos a day with a definite chiyyuv, but at least
> flirts with being mevateil the aseh once or twice a day
> because he has non-sukkah refreshments.
>
> Which approach is hashkafically superior?

As RRW presents it -- "*maybe* he has a heter" -- it is not clear whether or not he actually violated any halacha. If Yitzchak only had juice and eggs outside the sukkah, he wouldn't *need* a heter of Holchei Drachim. So for the remainder of this post, I will presume that he DID eat more than a k'beitzah of dagan outside the sukkah, but he did so without knowing for sure that the heter of Holchei Drachim applied to him.

Which approach is hashkafically superior? Avraham knows what the strict halacha is, and he is following it scrupulously. Yitzchak on the other hand, goes out of his way to do some non-chiyuv mitzvos, and he thinks that has earned him the privilege of cutting some corners (or safek corners) here or there.

Which approach is hashkafically superior? I'll take modest but straight over high and crooked any day.

Akiva Miller

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