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There is a halachah that “mitzta’er patur min ha-sukkah – One who feels discomfort is patur (exempt) from the sukkah.” 

Aside from the normal interpretation, perhaps Chazal are teaching us something deeper:

A person who finds himself in distress, “patur” – is able to free himself, both mentally and physically. How? “min ha-sukkah – From the sukkah” – by correctly performing the mitzvah of sukkah!

~ The Tzemech Tzedek zt”l

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