SHY: “Our Minhag of not sleeping in the Sukkah dates back to the Alter Rebbe, and the Mitteler Rebbe instructed Chassidim not to sleep in the Sukkah. (Sefer HaSichos 5699)”
I know I’m going to get into BIG trouble for this one, but note that Sefer HaSichos 5699 was said by the Rayatz who, as I have said before, was very “creative” in telling us history.
He is also the one who told us the story about Moshe Rabbeinu sending malachim to get esrogim from Calabria, and once again he cited the Baal Hatanya as the source.
Has anyone ever heard of the expression that ends “ירחיק עדיו”? (I told you I’d get into trouble for this.