Q. Can I dismantle my Sukka on Chol Hamoed since I will be leaving town before the last days of Sukkos. I am afraid that if it remains it might cause damage to my property or adjacent properties, since I live in Florida, and it is the hurricane season.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is permitted since it involves the type of melacha that when not done on Chol Hamoed, it would cause a loss. To avoid being pained and thus neglect the mitzva of simchas Yom Tov, the Sages permitted it.
However, the Rov recommends one should ask a friend to do it after Sukkos. If that is not an option, in need he can have a Gentile dismantle it on Chol Hamoed. (See Shulchan Aruch O.H. 537 and 538)..
Rabbi A, Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a
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