Amount of Rain that Exempts from Sitting in the Sukkah
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Question
If it rains during the festival of Sukkot, from what amount of rain is one exempt from sitting in the sukkah?
Answer
Regarding eating in the sukkah, if it rains to the extent that a person would leave the house if such an amount of rain entered there. Or if there are foods that would spoil in such rain.
Regarding sleeping in the sukkah, any amount of rain exempts from sleeping.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim, Siman 639, Seif 5 and 7.
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