How can someone not sleep for 7 days? It violates an explicit gemara (Shevuot 25a) which says it is impossible to avoid sleeping for 3 consecutive days. — Double AA2 hours ago
Can someone with better Yiddish skills than mine verify what precisely is stated in the linked Sicha about the Rebbes' sleeping habits over Sukkot? (ping @HodofHod and @Michoel who are here.)
(That's habit not habit though I'm sure information about those could be interesting as well.)
@DoubleAA The Rebbe does not mention his own sleeping habits in the Sicha at all, he discusses the custom of his father-in-law (the Friediker Rebbe) and mention the practise and statements other Chabad Rebbeim
@DoubleAA No, he does not say anything like that. In the third paragraph he writes: "We saw that he did not sleep in the Sukka (but rather in the house)"
If you (or someone) feel(s) up for it, consider rewording mochin's answer to be clearer about what is in the linked Sicha and what is his additional explanations.
@DoubleAA I have heard that, usually with the explanation being that he did not go to sleep, but would simple learn until he fell asleep. (cf. this anonymous internet comment) I filed it in the "I'll believe it when I hear it from a reputable source" department.
@MonicaCellio Nice. :) I'd quibble that I know what the Septuagint is, but I'm not familiar with the term "LXX." There were some interesting guest posts about *hapax legomenon*s (or however you pluralize that) on torahmusings.com in the past year.
@IsaacMoses I, too, was thrown off the first time I saw LXX, though I knew septuagint (if not necessarily how to spell it -- LXX is easier that way :-) ). Thanks for the torahmusings link (for later, at home).
@MonicaCellio Sorry; it's not much of a link. If you want the articles in question, you'll have to google for them. TorahMusings is the blog of our friend, R' Gil Student.
@msh210 err, what? sorry, no euphemism involved; I asked my question when confronted with a blooming non-fruit tree, and remembered it when somebody asked today's question. No deeper meaning intended.
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