<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">R' Meir wrote: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; ">Has anyone heard thoughts regarding the seemingly contradictory postures of<br>the Mitzvah of Sukkah, in which one is exempt as soon as one is<br>uncomfortable as opposed to the Mitzvah of Esrog in which Hiddur is a<br>compelling duty?</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">It makes perfect sense. From going into the Sukkah under adverse conditions, one can end up</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">with pneumonia or anything else which might be harmful. Other adverse conditions might create </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">a sakana.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">However, obtaining the best esrog could not be harmful to one's health (unless of course, you were so poor</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">as to not be able to afford a more expensive esrog). Therefore, under normal circumstances, Hiddur would </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">be very logical with the esrog. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">ri</font></div></body></html>