Sukkot Trip – Eating Outside the Sukkah
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What is the Rabbi’s opinion on eating outside the Sukkah during a trip on Chol HaMoed Sukkot?
Kind regards, Benjamin
It’s allowed. Certainly if you don’t have the option to eat in a sukkah (and maybe even if you do).
I don't understand. After all, Binyamin probably only walks on the street and only up to 1,000 meters from home, according to the rules (unlike his Haredi neighbors).
He can't walk this tiny distance to eat at home – in a sukkah? He has to eat on the street?
To be clear, I live 50 meters from the Jerusalem Forest.
Rabbi Michi, does your answer refer to eating more than a piece of bread?
Absolutely. Travelers are exempt from the sukkah.
Rabbi, it seems to me that this is not so clear-cut. That is, it is possible that travelers are defined as those who are forced to travel abroad (for example, for the purpose of earning a living, etc.), and not those who travel because they want to travel.
I found an explanation of different methods on the subject here: https://ph.yhb.org.il/13-03-14/
What does the Rabbi think?
I wrote my opinion above.
Thank you. Could you please elaborate on what the pedestrian barrier is in your opinion?
The obligation of the sukkah is defined as follows: When he eats at home during his normal life, on Sukkot he does so in the sukkah. And when he eats outside the home, he can eat outside the sukkah. The sukkah only replaces the home. “Like a custom”. And when he goes for a walk, it is part of his normal life, and then he eats outside the home and therefore can eat outside the sukkah.
Thanks. Just to clarify, if someone eats falafel on a bench on the street during their normal life, would they be allowed to eat that same falafel outside the sukkah during Sukkot?
If so, where does the consideration of road users being exempt from the sukkah come into play? And if not, then I didn't fully understand what road users are according to you, and I would appreciate it if you could try to explain it further.
In principle, yes.
And what about eating at a restaurant?
Good question. There is room to say that it is forbidden without a sukkah, because the restaurant is another house. I would refrain.
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