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# A person who is sick is exempt from the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>S"A 640:3 based on Mishna [[Sukkah]] 25a. </ref> | # A person who is sick is exempt from the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>S"A 640:3 based on Mishna [[Sukkah]] 25a. </ref> | ||
# Someone who needs to travel for business purposes is exempt from sitting in a [[sukkah]]. <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 3:93 says that the exemption for travelers outlined in the mishna [[sukkah]] 25a and the gemara 26a only applies to business travelers and not to those traveling for leisure. </ref> | # Someone who needs to travel for business purposes is exempt from sitting in a [[sukkah]]. <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 3:93 says that the exemption for travelers outlined in the mishna [[sukkah]] 25a and the gemara 26a only applies to business travelers and not to those traveling for leisure. </ref> | ||
# One is not required to eat in the [[sukkah]] if it is raining. <ref> Mishnah [[Sukkah]] 28b </ref> If it is raining and one began to eat inside, he may continue to eat inside even when it stops raining. <ref> Mishna | # One is not required to eat in the [[sukkah]] if it is raining. <ref> Mishnah [[Sukkah]] 28b </ref> If it is raining and one began to eat inside, he may continue to eat inside even when it stops raining. <ref> Mishna Brurah 639:38 based on Rashi [[Sukkah]] 29a "viyardu." Ritva [[Sukkah]] 29a "Tannu Rabanan," writes that one is not required to eat in the [[sukkah]] if there are rain-clouds in the sky and it appears as if it is going to rain. Rav Shalom Schwadron in Daat Torah OC 639:5 says that most poskim don't accept this opinion but he is in doubt if you can recite a beracha in such a situation. </ref> However, these rules only apply after the first night. For the rules for the first night see below. | ||
==Which foods can one eat outside the Sukkah?== | ==Which foods can one eat outside the Sukkah?== | ||
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# One may have drinks outside the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>S"A 639:2 </ref> However, if one sits down to drink wine in a fixed manner (not just as a snack) especially if a group of people sit to drink wine one must drink it in the [[Sukkah]] but not make the Bracha of Leshev BaSukkah. According to Ashkenazim, preferably, one should not establish a fix drink of wine or beer except in a meal of a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]] of bread or at least a cooked dish made out of the five grains in which must eat in the [[Sukkah]] and could even make the Bracha of Leshev BaSukkah. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:13, Natai Gavriel 50:3 </ref> Nonetheless, it's praiseworthy to have all drinks in the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>S"A 639:2 </ref> | # One may have drinks outside the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>S"A 639:2 </ref> However, if one sits down to drink wine in a fixed manner (not just as a snack) especially if a group of people sit to drink wine one must drink it in the [[Sukkah]] but not make the Bracha of Leshev BaSukkah. According to Ashkenazim, preferably, one should not establish a fix drink of wine or beer except in a meal of a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]] of bread or at least a cooked dish made out of the five grains in which must eat in the [[Sukkah]] and could even make the Bracha of Leshev BaSukkah. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:13, Natai Gavriel 50:3 </ref> Nonetheless, it's praiseworthy to have all drinks in the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>S"A 639:2 </ref> | ||
===Meat, Fish, Cheese=== | ===Meat, Fish, Cheese=== | ||
# If one makes a meal out of meat, fish, cheese, and the like, one should eat it in the [[Sukkah]]. However, if one doesn't eat it as a meal one may eat outside the [[Sukkah]]. <ref> Rosh [[Sukkah]] 2:13 quotes Rabbeinu Peretz that the leniency of eating fruit outside of the [[sukkah]] does not apply to meat, fish and cheese. S"A 639:2 doesn't rule explicitly on these items but Mishna | # If one makes a meal out of meat, fish, cheese, and the like, one should eat it in the [[Sukkah]]. However, if one doesn't eat it as a meal one may eat outside the [[Sukkah]]. <ref> Rosh [[Sukkah]] 2:13 quotes Rabbeinu Peretz that the leniency of eating fruit outside of the [[sukkah]] does not apply to meat, fish and cheese. S"A 639:2 doesn't rule explicitly on these items but Mishna Brurah 639:13 says that S"A implies that it is permissible to eat these items outside of the [[sukkah]], like fruit. This is also the conlusion of Natai Gavriel 50:2 </ref> Nonetheless, it's praiseworthy to have meat, fish, rice, eggs, and cheese in the [[Sukkah]]. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 138), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 143). see also Halichot Olam 2: page 281. </ref> | ||
===Cookies and Cakes=== | ===Cookies and Cakes=== | ||
# If one ate a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]] of [[Pas Haba Bikisnin]] (cookies and cakes) or a cooked dish made out of the five grains (such as noodles) one must eat it in the [[Sukkah]] and the Ashkenazic minhag is to make a bracha of LeShev BaSukkah, but it's preferable to wait in the [[Sukkah]] for some time afterwards and have in mind when making the bracha that it should cover the eating and the sitting in the [[sukkah]] afterwards. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:16, Maamar Mordechai 639:2, Natai Gavriel 49:1-3 </ref> Sephardim hold that even though one must eat it in a [[Sukkah]] (if one eats more than a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]]) one doesn't make the bracha of LeShev BaSukkah unless one ate 162 grams of a [[mezonot]] food and it's preferable to eat 216 grams in order to make the bracha according to all opinions. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 132-6), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 142-3) </ref> | # If one ate a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]] of [[Pas Haba Bikisnin]] (cookies and cakes) or a cooked dish made out of the five grains (such as noodles) one must eat it in the [[Sukkah]] and the Ashkenazic minhag is to make a bracha of LeShev BaSukkah, but it's preferable to wait in the [[Sukkah]] for some time afterwards and have in mind when making the bracha that it should cover the eating and the sitting in the [[sukkah]] afterwards. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:16, Maamar Mordechai 639:2, Natai Gavriel 49:1-3 </ref> Sephardim hold that even though one must eat it in a [[Sukkah]] (if one eats more than a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]]) one doesn't make the bracha of LeShev BaSukkah unless one ate 162 grams of a [[mezonot]] food and it's preferable to eat 216 grams in order to make the bracha according to all opinions. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 132-6), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 142-3) </ref> | ||
