[Avodah] Hashkafa Question on Sukkah Eating,

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:50:43PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: 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....
:> Yitzchak religiously washes twice a day and makes hammotzi
:> and benches. He aims to get in 14 s'udos mamash ...

15, since at least one day is Shabbos and thus 3 se'udos.

:>                               ... s'udos mamash over the
:> course of sukkos ... 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.

In an aggadic sense, both are acknowledging Sukkos -- one through qiyum
hamitzvahm, the other because every meal is designed around avoiding the
chiyuv.

...
:> 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 he did violate halakhah, then I think it's the anti-nomian spirituality
of the eish zarah offered by Nadav vaAvihu. They get leibedik on some
one, "haqrivam", got close to the Almight, but by defying halakhah their
spirituality cost them their lives.

If he did not, then it's chumrah vs. chumrah, and I'm reminded of
"hevei zahir ... kalah kachumurah." Even if this is not about mitzvos. It
depends on the individual "baasher hu sham" and what his soul needs then
and there.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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