ב אוֹכְלִים וְשׁוֹתִים וִישֵׁנִים בַּסֻכָּה כָּל שִׁבְעָה, בֵּין בַּיּוֹם בֵּין בַּלַּיְלָה, וְאֵין יְשֵׁנִים חוּץ לַסֻכָּה אֲפִלּוּ שְׁנַת עֲרַאי; אֲבָל מֻתָּר לֶאֱכֹל אֲכִילַת עֲרַאי חוּץ לַסֻכָּה. וְכַמָּה אֲכִילַת עֲרַאי, כַּבֵּיצָה מִפַּת; וּמֻתָּר לִשְׁתּוֹת מַיִם וְיַיִן וְלֶאֱכֹל פֵּרוֹת וַאֲפִלּוּ קָבַע עֲלַיְיהוּ (דִּבְרֵי עַצְמוֹ) חוּץ לַסֻכָּה; וּמִי שֶׁיַּחְמִיר עַל עַצְמוֹ וְלֹא יִשְׁתֶּה חוּץ לַסֻכָּה אֲפִלּוּ מַיִם, הֲרֵי זֶה מְשֻׁבָּח; וְתַבְשִׁיל הֶעָשׂוּי מֵחֲמֵשֶׁת מִינִים, אִם קוֹבֵעַ עָלָיו חָשִׁיב קֶבַע וְצָרִיךְ סֻכָּה. הַגָּה: וּמַה שֶּׁנּוֹהֲגִין לְהָקֵל עַכְשָׁו בְּשֵׁנָה, שֶׁאֵין יְשֵׁנִים בַּסֻּכָּה רַק הַמְדַקְדְּקִין בְּמִצְוֹת, יֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים מִשּׁוּם צִנָּה, דְּיֵשׁ צַעַר לִישַׁן בִּמְקוֹמוֹת הַקָּרִים (מָרְדְּכַי פ' הַיָּשֵׁן); וְלִי נִרְאֶה מִשּׁוּם דְּמִצְוַת סֻכָּה אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ, אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהוּא דָּר כָּל הַשָּׁנָה, וּבְמָקוֹם שֶׁלֹּא יוּכַל לִישַׁן עִם אִשְׁתּוֹ, שֶׁאֵין לוֹ סֻכָּה מְיֻחֶדֶת, פָּטוּר; וְטוֹב לְהַחְמִיר וְלִהְיוֹת שָׁם עִם אִשְׁתּוֹ כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא דָּר כָּל הַשָּׁנָה, אִם אֶפְשָׁר לִהְיוֹת לוֹ סֻכָּה מְיֻחֶדֶת.
2 We eat and drink and sleep in the Sukkah all seven days, both day and night, and we do not sleep outside of the Sukkah, even a very short sleep. But one may eat an insubstantial meal outside of the Sukkah. And how much is an insubstantial meal? Approximately an egg's worth of a loaf of bread. And it is permitted to drink water and wine and eat fruit even if he made it his meal (own opinion) outside of the Sukkah. And he who is stringent upon himself, and will not drink even water outside of the Sukkah, he is praised. And a dish made of the five species [of grain], if he makes it his meal, it considered a proper meal and requires a Sukkah. Rema: And nowadays what is practiced to be lenient in the Sukkah, such that only the scrupulously observant sleep in the Sukkah; there are those who say that it is because of the cold, for it is uncomfortable to sleep in the cold places, and it seems to me that this is because the Mitzvah of Sukkah is a man and his household, a man and his wife, and in a place where he cannot sleep with his wife, that he does not have a suitable Sukkah, he is exempt; and it is good to be stringent, and to be there with his wife, just as he resides all year, if he can have a suitable Sukkah.