Commentary for Beitzah 20:4

ושוין שמשיקין את המים בכלי אבן לטהרה אבל לא מטבילין מטבילין מגב לגב ומחבורה לחבורה בי"ט:

Rabbi Eliezer says: One is obligated to eat fourteen meals in the sukkah, one in the morning, and one at night [on each of the seven days of the festival]. And the Sages say: the matter does not have a dictated amount, except on the first nights of the festival [when there is an obligation to have a meal]. And Rabbi Eliezer also said: One who did not eat [a meal in the sukkah] on the first night of the festival can compensate [for his obligation by having a meal] on the last night of the festival. And the Sages say: in such a matter there is no compensating; regarding this it was said: (Ecclesiastes 1:15) "That which is defective cannot be amended, and the deficiency cannot be counted."

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