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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #168 of 613

To dwell in a sukkah for seven days

לישב בסוכה שבעת ימים

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The verse · Vayikra 23:42

בַּסֻּכֹּת תֵּשְׁבוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים כׇּל־הָאֶזְרָח בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשְׁבוּ בַּסֻּכֹּת

“You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home born in Yisra᾽el shall dwell in booths:”

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The Rambam’s words

To dwell in a sukkah for seven days, as [Leviticus 23:42] states: "And you shall dwell in sukkot for seven days."

לישב בסוכה שבעת ימים, שנאמר: "בסוכות תשבו, שבעת ימים" (ויקרא כג,מב).

Who & when

“And [it] is practiced in every place and at all times by males, but not by females.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Shofar, Sukkah and Lulav הלכות שופר וסוכה ולולב

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