Rabbi Fishel of Strikov would sit in the sukkah even in the pouring rain. Once he was asked: "Does not the Shulchan Aruch (The Code of Jewish Law) clearly state that, 'If it rains, one should go back into the house'? And does not the Rama add, 'Whoever is absolved from sitting in the sukkah and does not leave it, receives no reward for this and is nothing but a simpleton'?"
Said Rabbi Fishel: "I'd rather be a simpleton than leave the sukkah."
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