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http://tinyurl.com/6dpqu3g</a><br><br>
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<font size=3>Arguments about eating in the <i>sukkah</i> on <i>Shemini
Atzeret</i> outside of Israel have a long and somewhat baffling
history.<a name="_ftnref1"></a>[1] While not the only example of practice
in opposition to the Shulchan Aruch, it appears to be among the most
argued. The <i>gemara</i>, Rambam, the Tur and the Shulchan Aruch,
written in many locales, all seem to be as unambiguous as possible in
requiring one to eat in the <i>sukkah</i>. The Gaon, incensed by the
spreading Chassidic custom to eat outside the <i>sukkah</i>, perhaps
<i>lemigdar miltah</i>, went so far as to mandate sleeping in the
s<i>ukkah </i>on the night of <i>shemini atzeret</i>, in opposition to
the Maharil, the Magen Avraham and normative custom.<br><br>
See the above URL for the rest of this article. YL</font></body>
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