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Eating in the Sukkah

2011-10-11T03:35:30Z

Ep: /* Which foods can one eat out of the Sukkah? */

This is an outline and needs to be filled in
==Eating in the Sukkah==
# There’s a mitzvah to eat a Kezayit of bread in the Sukkah on the first night of Sukkot. <Ref> S”A 639:3 </ref>
<Ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 132 </ref>

==Bracha of Lesheve BeSukkah==
#
There is a prohabition not to eat any fixed meal-a meal that includes bread or more than a small amount of mezonot (i.e. cookies cake etc)outside the Sukka on Sukkut.This is the halacha for both Sephardic Jews as well as for Ashkenazic jews.
Although it is permitted to eat fruit,drink water, and have other refreshments outside the Sukka, it is preferable to do so in the Sukka as it expresses a feeling of "being at home" in the Sukka.

It's proper to say the bracha of Leshev before making the HaMotzei. However, it's not an interruption if one does HaMotzei before Leshev. On Shabbat and Yom Tov, the Leshev is said in Kiddish before one drinks from the wine. <ref> S"A and Rama 643:3, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg 145, Chazon Ovadyah Sukkot pg 172 </ref>

==Who is obligated to eat in the Sukkah?==
(siman 625) (siman 639)
# Women
# Children
# Sick people

==Which foods must one eat in the Sukkah?==
# bread
# mezonot- Ashkenazim vs sephardim
# For what foods should one make the Bracha of LeShev BaSukkah?

==Which foods can one eat out of the Sukkah?==
# fruits, drinks, and other food that is not a kind of bread or cake.cakes and cookies can be eaten outside the Sukka,but only up to a small amount and therefore one should not eat them out side the Sukka unless knowledgable of the exact amount permitted.

==If it’s raining==
# no obligation

==First night of sukkot==
(siman 643)
# Waiting to do kiddish at nighttime
# One should wait to do Kiddish until after Tzet HaCochavim. However, after the fact if one made Kiddish during Ben HaShemashot and ate a Kezayit of bread one should make sure to have another Kezayit after Tzet HaCochavim but one doesn’t need to make another Bracha of LeShev BaSukkah. <ref>Rama 639:3 writes that one make sure not to eat until nighttime. Mishna Brurah 639:25 explains that this is based on the connection between Pesach and Sukkot and by Matzah one may only eat at night as it says in the פסוק. Mishna Brurah continues that after the fact if one ate one should eat another kezayit but not make another LeShev BaSukkah because of Safek Brachot LeHakel. Natai Gavriel (Sukkot 38:12) extends the Rama to not even making Kiddish before nighttime. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 138) agrees with the above halachot. </ref>
# On the first night of Sukkos the Bracha of Shehechiyanu should be said after Kiddush. <ref>S"A 643:1 </ref>After the fact if one made Shechiyanu before Kiddish one fulfilled one's obligation (and one shouldn't go repeat it after Kiddish). <ref>Mishna Brurah 643:3 </ref>
# If one didn’t make a Shechiyanu on the first night of Sukkot, one can make it the rest of days and nights of Sukkot. <Ref>Magan Avraham 643:1, Mishna Brurah 643:2, Chazon Ovadyah (pg 95) </ref>
===If it rains the first night of Sukkot===
# If it rains the first night of Sukkot, according to Sephardim, one is exempt from the Sukkah and one should eat in the house. However, if one wants to be strict one may wait a little bit for the rain to stop but one should not wait too long which would cause oneself pain on Yom Tov. If after eating the house the rains stops then if it’s before Chatzot (halachic midnight) one should go into the Sukkah to eat one Kezayit of bread and make Leshev BaSukkah and if it’s after Chatzot one shouldn’t make the Bracha of Leshev unless one eats a KeBaytzah of bread. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 140), Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 122) </ref>
==Intent to sit in the Sukkah==
# While sitting in the Sukkah, it’s preferable to have intent that one will fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkah and that the Sukkah is in commemoration for the clouds of glory. <Ref> The Bach 625 writes that since the Torah specifies that we dwell in Sukkot so that we’ll remember the clouds of glory, one must have intent while sitting in the Sukkah that the Sukkah in commemoration for those clouds. Even though the Bikkurei Yacov 625:3 understands that without such intent one doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkot, the Pri Megadim A”A 625 holds that this intent is only preferable and after the fact, one fulfilled the mitzvah nonetheless. So rules the Mishna Brurah 625:1 and Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 95) that the intent is only Lechatchila. Moadim UZmanim (vol 1 pg 169) writes that although the Kavanna doesn’t take away the mitzvah however, one still looses the separate mitzvah of having kavanah. </ref>

==Forgetting to say Yaale VeYavo==
# If on the first night of Sukkot one had the required kezayit of bread and in benching one forgot to say Yaale VeYavo
*if one remembers after saying Baruch Atta Hashem and didn’t conclude Boneh Yerusalayim, one should conclude with Lamdeni Chukecha, and go back to Yaale VeYavo.
*if one remembers after the entire Bracha of Boneh Yerushalayim, one should insert the Bracha of Baruch Atta Hashem… Asher Nattan Moadim LeSimcha…Mikadesh Yisrael VeHaZmanim (as printed in the siddur).
* if one remembers after saying Baruch Atta Hashem Eloken Melech HaOlam (of the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv), one should conclude with Asher Nattan Moadim Lisimcha… and then start the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv again.
* if one didn’t remember until the middle of HaTov VeHaMeitiv or later, one must repeat benching. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 101) </ref>
# If one forgot Yaale VeYavo in benching any other day or night of Sukkot
* if one remembers after Boneh Yerusalayim one should say Baruch Atta Hashem…Asher Nattan Moadim LeSimcha…Mikadesh Yisrael VeHaZmanim.
* if one didn’t remember until the middle of HaTov VeHaMeitiv or later, one doesn’t repeat benching. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 101) </ref>

==Eating or sleeping in the Sukkah before Sukkot==
# It’s permissible to eat in the Sukkah before Sukkot (erev Sukkot) and it’s not an issue of Bal Tosif. <Ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 481 holds that’s there no issue of Bal Tosif before the mitzvah was done. </ref>

==Other activities in the Sukkah==
# [[Sleeping in the Sukkah]] (click the link)
# One should live in one's Sukkah like one lives in one's house the rest of the year. Therefore, one should eat, drink, sleep, hang out, speak to one's friend, and learn in the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:1 writes that one should live in one's Sukkah like one lives in one's house the rest of the year which includes eating, drinking, and sleeping. Mishna Brurah 639:2 adds speaking to one's friend and BeYitzchak Yikra 639:1 adds hanging out. Regarding learning in the Sukkah see further. </ref>
# One should even bring one's nice utensils into the Sukkah just like uses them during the year in the house, however, one should not bring one's cooking pots into the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:1 writes that one should bring one's nice untensils into the Sukkah, however, the cooking pots shouldn't brought in the Sukkah. The Rama adds that one may leave the cooking pots in the Sukkah during the meal but not after the meal, however, the Mishna Brurah 639:5 writes that the minhag is to be strict not to even bring cooking pots in the Sukkah during the meal. </ref>
# One should not do any degrading activity in the Sukkah. Therefore one should not clean the dishes in the Sukkah, however, one may clean the cups. One may certainly not go to the bathroom in the Sukkah even if one goes in a pot. <ref>Rama 639:1, Mishna Brurah 639:9 </ref>
# Because of the holiness of the Sukkah, it's proper to minimize one's mundane speech in the Sukkah and increase one's speech in Torah and holy matters and all the more so one should be careful not to speak any forbidden speech should as Lashon Hara. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:2 </ref>

==Learning in the Sukkah==
# One should learn in the Sukkah unless one isn't unable to concentrate in which case one should learn inside.<ref>S"A 639:4. Natai Gavriel 58:1 quotes the Yarot Dvash (Dorosh 6 D"H VeZehu) who explains that one who sits in the sukkah with pure intent, learns, and enjoys the holiday merits a special level of divine presence.</ref>
# If the cold or heat (if one doesn't have air conditioning in the Sukkah) bothers oneself and one can't concentrate to learn one may learn inside. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:29 writes that if it's too cold for oneself in the sukkah and one can't concentrate one may learn inside. Natai Gavriel 48:7 extends this where it's too hot and one doesn't have air conditioning in the sukkah. </ref>
# If it's a pain to bring all the Seforim into the Sukkah many times (as one needs the space to eat or sleep) then one doesn't have to learn in the Sukkah, however, if one can leave all the Seforim in the Sukkah for the entire holiday one must do that. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:29, Natai Gavriel 58:3 </ref>
# One who usually learns in a Bet Midrash doesn't have to learn in a Sukkah. <ref>S"A HaRav 639:4, Kaf HaChaim 639:63, Natai Gavriel 58:6 </ref>
# One should pray in a shul and not in one's Sukkah even if one can get a minyan in the Sukkah. If there's no shul in one's city if one is able to concentrate in the Sukkah one should pray in the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:4 writes that if one wants one may pray in the Sukkah. The Mishna Brurah 639:30 explains that in the place where one has greater kavanah (concentration) one should pray unless there is a shul in the city in which case one should go there (because during the rest of the year one would leave one's house to go to the shul. Pri Megadim (M"Z 639:14), Kaf HaChaim 639:67, and Natai Gavriel 58:8 add that one should pray in the established shul even if one can get a minyan in the Sukkah. </ref>
# If one usually does Havdalah at home during Sukkot one should do it in the Sukkah. However, those who listen to Havdalah in the shul can do so also on Sukkot. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:30, Shaar HaTzion 639:57, Kaf HaChaim 639:66 </ref>
# A community committee meeting can take place as usual and doesn't have to be in the Sukkah. <ref>Natai Gavriel 58:10 who explains that the Sukkah is supposed to replace one's home but anyway for the meeting one always leaves one's home to go another place and also that they wouldn't be able to concentrate as well in the Sukkah. </ref>
==References==
<references/>

Eating in the Sukkah

2011-10-11T03:33:12Z

Ep: /* Bracha of Lesheve BeSukkah */

This is an outline and needs to be filled in
==Eating in the Sukkah==
# There’s a mitzvah to eat a Kezayit of bread in the Sukkah on the first night of Sukkot. <Ref> S”A 639:3 </ref>
<Ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 132 </ref>

==Bracha of Lesheve BeSukkah==
#
There is a prohabition not to eat any fixed meal-a meal that includes bread or more than a small amount of mezonot (i.e. cookies cake etc)outside the Sukka on Sukkut.This is the halacha for both Sephardic Jews as well as for Ashkenazic jews.
Although it is permitted to eat fruit,drink water, and have other refreshments outside the Sukka, it is preferable to do so in the Sukka as it expresses a feeling of "being at home" in the Sukka.

It's proper to say the bracha of Leshev before making the HaMotzei. However, it's not an interruption if one does HaMotzei before Leshev. On Shabbat and Yom Tov, the Leshev is said in Kiddish before one drinks from the wine. <ref> S"A and Rama 643:3, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg 145, Chazon Ovadyah Sukkot pg 172 </ref>

==Who is obligated to eat in the Sukkah?==
(siman 625) (siman 639)
# Women
# Children
# Sick people

==Which foods must one eat in the Sukkah?==
# bread
# mezonot- Ashkenazim vs sephardim
# For what foods should one make the Bracha of LeShev BaSukkah?

==Which foods can one eat out of the Sukkah?==
# fruits, drinks…

==If it’s raining==
# no obligation

==First night of sukkot==
(siman 643)
# Waiting to do kiddish at nighttime
# One should wait to do Kiddish until after Tzet HaCochavim. However, after the fact if one made Kiddish during Ben HaShemashot and ate a Kezayit of bread one should make sure to have another Kezayit after Tzet HaCochavim but one doesn’t need to make another Bracha of LeShev BaSukkah. <ref>Rama 639:3 writes that one make sure not to eat until nighttime. Mishna Brurah 639:25 explains that this is based on the connection between Pesach and Sukkot and by Matzah one may only eat at night as it says in the פסוק. Mishna Brurah continues that after the fact if one ate one should eat another kezayit but not make another LeShev BaSukkah because of Safek Brachot LeHakel. Natai Gavriel (Sukkot 38:12) extends the Rama to not even making Kiddish before nighttime. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 138) agrees with the above halachot. </ref>
# On the first night of Sukkos the Bracha of Shehechiyanu should be said after Kiddush. <ref>S"A 643:1 </ref>After the fact if one made Shechiyanu before Kiddish one fulfilled one's obligation (and one shouldn't go repeat it after Kiddish). <ref>Mishna Brurah 643:3 </ref>
# If one didn’t make a Shechiyanu on the first night of Sukkot, one can make it the rest of days and nights of Sukkot. <Ref>Magan Avraham 643:1, Mishna Brurah 643:2, Chazon Ovadyah (pg 95) </ref>
===If it rains the first night of Sukkot===
# If it rains the first night of Sukkot, according to Sephardim, one is exempt from the Sukkah and one should eat in the house. However, if one wants to be strict one may wait a little bit for the rain to stop but one should not wait too long which would cause oneself pain on Yom Tov. If after eating the house the rains stops then if it’s before Chatzot (halachic midnight) one should go into the Sukkah to eat one Kezayit of bread and make Leshev BaSukkah and if it’s after Chatzot one shouldn’t make the Bracha of Leshev unless one eats a KeBaytzah of bread. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 140), Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 122) </ref>
==Intent to sit in the Sukkah==
# While sitting in the Sukkah, it’s preferable to have intent that one will fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkah and that the Sukkah is in commemoration for the clouds of glory. <Ref> The Bach 625 writes that since the Torah specifies that we dwell in Sukkot so that we’ll remember the clouds of glory, one must have intent while sitting in the Sukkah that the Sukkah in commemoration for those clouds. Even though the Bikkurei Yacov 625:3 understands that without such intent one doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkot, the Pri Megadim A”A 625 holds that this intent is only preferable and after the fact, one fulfilled the mitzvah nonetheless. So rules the Mishna Brurah 625:1 and Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 95) that the intent is only Lechatchila. Moadim UZmanim (vol 1 pg 169) writes that although the Kavanna doesn’t take away the mitzvah however, one still looses the separate mitzvah of having kavanah. </ref>

==Forgetting to say Yaale VeYavo==
# If on the first night of Sukkot one had the required kezayit of bread and in benching one forgot to say Yaale VeYavo
*if one remembers after saying Baruch Atta Hashem and didn’t conclude Boneh Yerusalayim, one should conclude with Lamdeni Chukecha, and go back to Yaale VeYavo.
*if one remembers after the entire Bracha of Boneh Yerushalayim, one should insert the Bracha of Baruch Atta Hashem… Asher Nattan Moadim LeSimcha…Mikadesh Yisrael VeHaZmanim (as printed in the siddur).
* if one remembers after saying Baruch Atta Hashem Eloken Melech HaOlam (of the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv), one should conclude with Asher Nattan Moadim Lisimcha… and then start the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv again.
* if one didn’t remember until the middle of HaTov VeHaMeitiv or later, one must repeat benching. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 101) </ref>
# If one forgot Yaale VeYavo in benching any other day or night of Sukkot
* if one remembers after Boneh Yerusalayim one should say Baruch Atta Hashem…Asher Nattan Moadim LeSimcha…Mikadesh Yisrael VeHaZmanim.
* if one didn’t remember until the middle of HaTov VeHaMeitiv or later, one doesn’t repeat benching. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 101) </ref>

==Eating or sleeping in the Sukkah before Sukkot==
# It’s permissible to eat in the Sukkah before Sukkot (erev Sukkot) and it’s not an issue of Bal Tosif. <Ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 481 holds that’s there no issue of Bal Tosif before the mitzvah was done. </ref>

==Other activities in the Sukkah==
# [[Sleeping in the Sukkah]] (click the link)
# One should live in one's Sukkah like one lives in one's house the rest of the year. Therefore, one should eat, drink, sleep, hang out, speak to one's friend, and learn in the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:1 writes that one should live in one's Sukkah like one lives in one's house the rest of the year which includes eating, drinking, and sleeping. Mishna Brurah 639:2 adds speaking to one's friend and BeYitzchak Yikra 639:1 adds hanging out. Regarding learning in the Sukkah see further. </ref>
# One should even bring one's nice utensils into the Sukkah just like uses them during the year in the house, however, one should not bring one's cooking pots into the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:1 writes that one should bring one's nice untensils into the Sukkah, however, the cooking pots shouldn't brought in the Sukkah. The Rama adds that one may leave the cooking pots in the Sukkah during the meal but not after the meal, however, the Mishna Brurah 639:5 writes that the minhag is to be strict not to even bring cooking pots in the Sukkah during the meal. </ref>
# One should not do any degrading activity in the Sukkah. Therefore one should not clean the dishes in the Sukkah, however, one may clean the cups. One may certainly not go to the bathroom in the Sukkah even if one goes in a pot. <ref>Rama 639:1, Mishna Brurah 639:9 </ref>
# Because of the holiness of the Sukkah, it's proper to minimize one's mundane speech in the Sukkah and increase one's speech in Torah and holy matters and all the more so one should be careful not to speak any forbidden speech should as Lashon Hara. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:2 </ref>

==Learning in the Sukkah==
# One should learn in the Sukkah unless one isn't unable to concentrate in which case one should learn inside.<ref>S"A 639:4. Natai Gavriel 58:1 quotes the Yarot Dvash (Dorosh 6 D"H VeZehu) who explains that one who sits in the sukkah with pure intent, learns, and enjoys the holiday merits a special level of divine presence.</ref>
# If the cold or heat (if one doesn't have air conditioning in the Sukkah) bothers oneself and one can't concentrate to learn one may learn inside. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:29 writes that if it's too cold for oneself in the sukkah and one can't concentrate one may learn inside. Natai Gavriel 48:7 extends this where it's too hot and one doesn't have air conditioning in the sukkah. </ref>
# If it's a pain to bring all the Seforim into the Sukkah many times (as one needs the space to eat or sleep) then one doesn't have to learn in the Sukkah, however, if one can leave all the Seforim in the Sukkah for the entire holiday one must do that. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:29, Natai Gavriel 58:3 </ref>
# One who usually learns in a Bet Midrash doesn't have to learn in a Sukkah. <ref>S"A HaRav 639:4, Kaf HaChaim 639:63, Natai Gavriel 58:6 </ref>
# One should pray in a shul and not in one's Sukkah even if one can get a minyan in the Sukkah. If there's no shul in one's city if one is able to concentrate in the Sukkah one should pray in the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:4 writes that if one wants one may pray in the Sukkah. The Mishna Brurah 639:30 explains that in the place where one has greater kavanah (concentration) one should pray unless there is a shul in the city in which case one should go there (because during the rest of the year one would leave one's house to go to the shul. Pri Megadim (M"Z 639:14), Kaf HaChaim 639:67, and Natai Gavriel 58:8 add that one should pray in the established shul even if one can get a minyan in the Sukkah. </ref>
# If one usually does Havdalah at home during Sukkot one should do it in the Sukkah. However, those who listen to Havdalah in the shul can do so also on Sukkot. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:30, Shaar HaTzion 639:57, Kaf HaChaim 639:66 </ref>
# A community committee meeting can take place as usual and doesn't have to be in the Sukkah. <ref>Natai Gavriel 58:10 who explains that the Sukkah is supposed to replace one's home but anyway for the meeting one always leaves one's home to go another place and also that they wouldn't be able to concentrate as well in the Sukkah. </ref>
==References==
<references/>

Eating in the Sukkah

2011-10-11T03:32:53Z

Ep: /* Eating in the Sukkah */

This is an outline and needs to be filled in
==Eating in the Sukkah==
# There’s a mitzvah to eat a Kezayit of bread in the Sukkah on the first night of Sukkot. <Ref> S”A 639:3 </ref>
<Ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 132 </ref>

==Bracha of Lesheve BeSukkah==
#
There is a prohabition not to eat any fixed meal-a meal that includes bread or more than a small amount of mezonot (i.e. cookies cake etc)outside the Sukka on Sukkut.This is the halacha for both Sephardic Jews as well as for Ashkenazic jews.
Although it is permitted to eat fruit,drink water, and have other refreshments outside the Sukka, it is preferable to do so in the Sukka as it expresses a feeling of "being at home" in the Sukka.

)# It's proper to say the bracha of Leshev before making the HaMotzei. However, it's not an interruption if one does HaMotzei before Leshev. On Shabbat and Yom Tov, the Leshev is said in Kiddish before one drinks from the wine. <ref> S"A and Rama 643:3, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg 145, Chazon Ovadyah Sukkot pg 172 </ref>

==Who is obligated to eat in the Sukkah?==
(siman 625) (siman 639)
# Women
# Children
# Sick people

==Which foods must one eat in the Sukkah?==
# bread
# mezonot- Ashkenazim vs sephardim
# For what foods should one make the Bracha of LeShev BaSukkah?

==Which foods can one eat out of the Sukkah?==
# fruits, drinks…

==If it’s raining==
# no obligation

==First night of sukkot==
(siman 643)
# Waiting to do kiddish at nighttime
# One should wait to do Kiddish until after Tzet HaCochavim. However, after the fact if one made Kiddish during Ben HaShemashot and ate a Kezayit of bread one should make sure to have another Kezayit after Tzet HaCochavim but one doesn’t need to make another Bracha of LeShev BaSukkah. <ref>Rama 639:3 writes that one make sure not to eat until nighttime. Mishna Brurah 639:25 explains that this is based on the connection between Pesach and Sukkot and by Matzah one may only eat at night as it says in the פסוק. Mishna Brurah continues that after the fact if one ate one should eat another kezayit but not make another LeShev BaSukkah because of Safek Brachot LeHakel. Natai Gavriel (Sukkot 38:12) extends the Rama to not even making Kiddish before nighttime. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 138) agrees with the above halachot. </ref>
# On the first night of Sukkos the Bracha of Shehechiyanu should be said after Kiddush. <ref>S"A 643:1 </ref>After the fact if one made Shechiyanu before Kiddish one fulfilled one's obligation (and one shouldn't go repeat it after Kiddish). <ref>Mishna Brurah 643:3 </ref>
# If one didn’t make a Shechiyanu on the first night of Sukkot, one can make it the rest of days and nights of Sukkot. <Ref>Magan Avraham 643:1, Mishna Brurah 643:2, Chazon Ovadyah (pg 95) </ref>
===If it rains the first night of Sukkot===
# If it rains the first night of Sukkot, according to Sephardim, one is exempt from the Sukkah and one should eat in the house. However, if one wants to be strict one may wait a little bit for the rain to stop but one should not wait too long which would cause oneself pain on Yom Tov. If after eating the house the rains stops then if it’s before Chatzot (halachic midnight) one should go into the Sukkah to eat one Kezayit of bread and make Leshev BaSukkah and if it’s after Chatzot one shouldn’t make the Bracha of Leshev unless one eats a KeBaytzah of bread. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 140), Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 122) </ref>
==Intent to sit in the Sukkah==
# While sitting in the Sukkah, it’s preferable to have intent that one will fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkah and that the Sukkah is in commemoration for the clouds of glory. <Ref> The Bach 625 writes that since the Torah specifies that we dwell in Sukkot so that we’ll remember the clouds of glory, one must have intent while sitting in the Sukkah that the Sukkah in commemoration for those clouds. Even though the Bikkurei Yacov 625:3 understands that without such intent one doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkot, the Pri Megadim A”A 625 holds that this intent is only preferable and after the fact, one fulfilled the mitzvah nonetheless. So rules the Mishna Brurah 625:1 and Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 95) that the intent is only Lechatchila. Moadim UZmanim (vol 1 pg 169) writes that although the Kavanna doesn’t take away the mitzvah however, one still looses the separate mitzvah of having kavanah. </ref>

==Forgetting to say Yaale VeYavo==
# If on the first night of Sukkot one had the required kezayit of bread and in benching one forgot to say Yaale VeYavo
*if one remembers after saying Baruch Atta Hashem and didn’t conclude Boneh Yerusalayim, one should conclude with Lamdeni Chukecha, and go back to Yaale VeYavo.
*if one remembers after the entire Bracha of Boneh Yerushalayim, one should insert the Bracha of Baruch Atta Hashem… Asher Nattan Moadim LeSimcha…Mikadesh Yisrael VeHaZmanim (as printed in the siddur).
* if one remembers after saying Baruch Atta Hashem Eloken Melech HaOlam (of the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv), one should conclude with Asher Nattan Moadim Lisimcha… and then start the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv again.
* if one didn’t remember until the middle of HaTov VeHaMeitiv or later, one must repeat benching. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 101) </ref>
# If one forgot Yaale VeYavo in benching any other day or night of Sukkot
* if one remembers after Boneh Yerusalayim one should say Baruch Atta Hashem…Asher Nattan Moadim LeSimcha…Mikadesh Yisrael VeHaZmanim.
* if one didn’t remember until the middle of HaTov VeHaMeitiv or later, one doesn’t repeat benching. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 101) </ref>

==Eating or sleeping in the Sukkah before Sukkot==
# It’s permissible to eat in the Sukkah before Sukkot (erev Sukkot) and it’s not an issue of Bal Tosif. <Ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 481 holds that’s there no issue of Bal Tosif before the mitzvah was done. </ref>

==Other activities in the Sukkah==
# [[Sleeping in the Sukkah]] (click the link)
# One should live in one's Sukkah like one lives in one's house the rest of the year. Therefore, one should eat, drink, sleep, hang out, speak to one's friend, and learn in the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:1 writes that one should live in one's Sukkah like one lives in one's house the rest of the year which includes eating, drinking, and sleeping. Mishna Brurah 639:2 adds speaking to one's friend and BeYitzchak Yikra 639:1 adds hanging out. Regarding learning in the Sukkah see further. </ref>
# One should even bring one's nice utensils into the Sukkah just like uses them during the year in the house, however, one should not bring one's cooking pots into the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:1 writes that one should bring one's nice untensils into the Sukkah, however, the cooking pots shouldn't brought in the Sukkah. The Rama adds that one may leave the cooking pots in the Sukkah during the meal but not after the meal, however, the Mishna Brurah 639:5 writes that the minhag is to be strict not to even bring cooking pots in the Sukkah during the meal. </ref>
# One should not do any degrading activity in the Sukkah. Therefore one should not clean the dishes in the Sukkah, however, one may clean the cups. One may certainly not go to the bathroom in the Sukkah even if one goes in a pot. <ref>Rama 639:1, Mishna Brurah 639:9 </ref>
# Because of the holiness of the Sukkah, it's proper to minimize one's mundane speech in the Sukkah and increase one's speech in Torah and holy matters and all the more so one should be careful not to speak any forbidden speech should as Lashon Hara. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:2 </ref>

==Learning in the Sukkah==
# One should learn in the Sukkah unless one isn't unable to concentrate in which case one should learn inside.<ref>S"A 639:4. Natai Gavriel 58:1 quotes the Yarot Dvash (Dorosh 6 D"H VeZehu) who explains that one who sits in the sukkah with pure intent, learns, and enjoys the holiday merits a special level of divine presence.</ref>
# If the cold or heat (if one doesn't have air conditioning in the Sukkah) bothers oneself and one can't concentrate to learn one may learn inside. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:29 writes that if it's too cold for oneself in the sukkah and one can't concentrate one may learn inside. Natai Gavriel 48:7 extends this where it's too hot and one doesn't have air conditioning in the sukkah. </ref>
# If it's a pain to bring all the Seforim into the Sukkah many times (as one needs the space to eat or sleep) then one doesn't have to learn in the Sukkah, however, if one can leave all the Seforim in the Sukkah for the entire holiday one must do that. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:29, Natai Gavriel 58:3 </ref>
# One who usually learns in a Bet Midrash doesn't have to learn in a Sukkah. <ref>S"A HaRav 639:4, Kaf HaChaim 639:63, Natai Gavriel 58:6 </ref>
# One should pray in a shul and not in one's Sukkah even if one can get a minyan in the Sukkah. If there's no shul in one's city if one is able to concentrate in the Sukkah one should pray in the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:4 writes that if one wants one may pray in the Sukkah. The Mishna Brurah 639:30 explains that in the place where one has greater kavanah (concentration) one should pray unless there is a shul in the city in which case one should go there (because during the rest of the year one would leave one's house to go to the shul. Pri Megadim (M"Z 639:14), Kaf HaChaim 639:67, and Natai Gavriel 58:8 add that one should pray in the established shul even if one can get a minyan in the Sukkah. </ref>
# If one usually does Havdalah at home during Sukkot one should do it in the Sukkah. However, those who listen to Havdalah in the shul can do so also on Sukkot. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:30, Shaar HaTzion 639:57, Kaf HaChaim 639:66 </ref>
# A community committee meeting can take place as usual and doesn't have to be in the Sukkah. <ref>Natai Gavriel 58:10 who explains that the Sukkah is supposed to replace one's home but anyway for the meeting one always leaves one's home to go another place and also that they wouldn't be able to concentrate as well in the Sukkah. </ref>
==References==
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Eating in the Sukkah

2011-10-11T03:31:59Z

Ep: /* Bracha of Lesheve BeSukkah */

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==Eating in the Sukkah==
# There’s a mitzvah to eat a Kezayit of bread in the Sukkah on the first night of Sukkot. <Ref> S”A 639:3 </ref>
# According to Sephardim, it’s forbidden to eat a fixed meal outside a Sukkah which is defined as a meal with a Kebaytzah of bread or mezonot. For everything else it’s only preferable to eat in the Sukkah. <Ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 132 </ref>

==Bracha of Lesheve BeSukkah==
#
There is a prohabition not to eat any fixed meal-a meal that includes bread or more than a small amount of mezonot (i.e. cookies cake etc)outside the Sukka on Sukkut.This is the halacha for both Sephardic Jews as well as for Ashkenazic jews.
Although it is permitted to eat fruit,drink water, and have other refreshments outside the Sukka, it is preferable to do so in the Sukka as it expresses a feeling of "being at home" in the Sukka.

)# It's proper to say the bracha of Leshev before making the HaMotzei. However, it's not an interruption if one does HaMotzei before Leshev. On Shabbat and Yom Tov, the Leshev is said in Kiddish before one drinks from the wine. <ref> S"A and Rama 643:3, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg 145, Chazon Ovadyah Sukkot pg 172 </ref>

==Who is obligated to eat in the Sukkah?==
(siman 625) (siman 639)
# Women
# Children
# Sick people

==Which foods must one eat in the Sukkah?==
# bread
# mezonot- Ashkenazim vs sephardim
# For what foods should one make the Bracha of LeShev BaSukkah?

==Which foods can one eat out of the Sukkah?==
# fruits, drinks…

==If it’s raining==
# no obligation

==First night of sukkot==
(siman 643)
# Waiting to do kiddish at nighttime
# One should wait to do Kiddish until after Tzet HaCochavim. However, after the fact if one made Kiddish during Ben HaShemashot and ate a Kezayit of bread one should make sure to have another Kezayit after Tzet HaCochavim but one doesn’t need to make another Bracha of LeShev BaSukkah. <ref>Rama 639:3 writes that one make sure not to eat until nighttime. Mishna Brurah 639:25 explains that this is based on the connection between Pesach and Sukkot and by Matzah one may only eat at night as it says in the פסוק. Mishna Brurah continues that after the fact if one ate one should eat another kezayit but not make another LeShev BaSukkah because of Safek Brachot LeHakel. Natai Gavriel (Sukkot 38:12) extends the Rama to not even making Kiddish before nighttime. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 138) agrees with the above halachot. </ref>
# On the first night of Sukkos the Bracha of Shehechiyanu should be said after Kiddush. <ref>S"A 643:1 </ref>After the fact if one made Shechiyanu before Kiddish one fulfilled one's obligation (and one shouldn't go repeat it after Kiddish). <ref>Mishna Brurah 643:3 </ref>
# If one didn’t make a Shechiyanu on the first night of Sukkot, one can make it the rest of days and nights of Sukkot. <Ref>Magan Avraham 643:1, Mishna Brurah 643:2, Chazon Ovadyah (pg 95) </ref>
===If it rains the first night of Sukkot===
# If it rains the first night of Sukkot, according to Sephardim, one is exempt from the Sukkah and one should eat in the house. However, if one wants to be strict one may wait a little bit for the rain to stop but one should not wait too long which would cause oneself pain on Yom Tov. If after eating the house the rains stops then if it’s before Chatzot (halachic midnight) one should go into the Sukkah to eat one Kezayit of bread and make Leshev BaSukkah and if it’s after Chatzot one shouldn’t make the Bracha of Leshev unless one eats a KeBaytzah of bread. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 140), Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 122) </ref>
==Intent to sit in the Sukkah==
# While sitting in the Sukkah, it’s preferable to have intent that one will fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkah and that the Sukkah is in commemoration for the clouds of glory. <Ref> The Bach 625 writes that since the Torah specifies that we dwell in Sukkot so that we’ll remember the clouds of glory, one must have intent while sitting in the Sukkah that the Sukkah in commemoration for those clouds. Even though the Bikkurei Yacov 625:3 understands that without such intent one doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkot, the Pri Megadim A”A 625 holds that this intent is only preferable and after the fact, one fulfilled the mitzvah nonetheless. So rules the Mishna Brurah 625:1 and Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 95) that the intent is only Lechatchila. Moadim UZmanim (vol 1 pg 169) writes that although the Kavanna doesn’t take away the mitzvah however, one still looses the separate mitzvah of having kavanah. </ref>

==Forgetting to say Yaale VeYavo==
# If on the first night of Sukkot one had the required kezayit of bread and in benching one forgot to say Yaale VeYavo
*if one remembers after saying Baruch Atta Hashem and didn’t conclude Boneh Yerusalayim, one should conclude with Lamdeni Chukecha, and go back to Yaale VeYavo.
*if one remembers after the entire Bracha of Boneh Yerushalayim, one should insert the Bracha of Baruch Atta Hashem… Asher Nattan Moadim LeSimcha…Mikadesh Yisrael VeHaZmanim (as printed in the siddur).
* if one remembers after saying Baruch Atta Hashem Eloken Melech HaOlam (of the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv), one should conclude with Asher Nattan Moadim Lisimcha… and then start the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv again.
* if one didn’t remember until the middle of HaTov VeHaMeitiv or later, one must repeat benching. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 101) </ref>
# If one forgot Yaale VeYavo in benching any other day or night of Sukkot
* if one remembers after Boneh Yerusalayim one should say Baruch Atta Hashem…Asher Nattan Moadim LeSimcha…Mikadesh Yisrael VeHaZmanim.
* if one didn’t remember until the middle of HaTov VeHaMeitiv or later, one doesn’t repeat benching. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 101) </ref>

==Eating or sleeping in the Sukkah before Sukkot==
# It’s permissible to eat in the Sukkah before Sukkot (erev Sukkot) and it’s not an issue of Bal Tosif. <Ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 481 holds that’s there no issue of Bal Tosif before the mitzvah was done. </ref>

==Other activities in the Sukkah==
# [[Sleeping in the Sukkah]] (click the link)
# One should live in one's Sukkah like one lives in one's house the rest of the year. Therefore, one should eat, drink, sleep, hang out, speak to one's friend, and learn in the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:1 writes that one should live in one's Sukkah like one lives in one's house the rest of the year which includes eating, drinking, and sleeping. Mishna Brurah 639:2 adds speaking to one's friend and BeYitzchak Yikra 639:1 adds hanging out. Regarding learning in the Sukkah see further. </ref>
# One should even bring one's nice utensils into the Sukkah just like uses them during the year in the house, however, one should not bring one's cooking pots into the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:1 writes that one should bring one's nice untensils into the Sukkah, however, the cooking pots shouldn't brought in the Sukkah. The Rama adds that one may leave the cooking pots in the Sukkah during the meal but not after the meal, however, the Mishna Brurah 639:5 writes that the minhag is to be strict not to even bring cooking pots in the Sukkah during the meal. </ref>
# One should not do any degrading activity in the Sukkah. Therefore one should not clean the dishes in the Sukkah, however, one may clean the cups. One may certainly not go to the bathroom in the Sukkah even if one goes in a pot. <ref>Rama 639:1, Mishna Brurah 639:9 </ref>
# Because of the holiness of the Sukkah, it's proper to minimize one's mundane speech in the Sukkah and increase one's speech in Torah and holy matters and all the more so one should be careful not to speak any forbidden speech should as Lashon Hara. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:2 </ref>

==Learning in the Sukkah==
# One should learn in the Sukkah unless one isn't unable to concentrate in which case one should learn inside.<ref>S"A 639:4. Natai Gavriel 58:1 quotes the Yarot Dvash (Dorosh 6 D"H VeZehu) who explains that one who sits in the sukkah with pure intent, learns, and enjoys the holiday merits a special level of divine presence.</ref>
# If the cold or heat (if one doesn't have air conditioning in the Sukkah) bothers oneself and one can't concentrate to learn one may learn inside. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:29 writes that if it's too cold for oneself in the sukkah and one can't concentrate one may learn inside. Natai Gavriel 48:7 extends this where it's too hot and one doesn't have air conditioning in the sukkah. </ref>
# If it's a pain to bring all the Seforim into the Sukkah many times (as one needs the space to eat or sleep) then one doesn't have to learn in the Sukkah, however, if one can leave all the Seforim in the Sukkah for the entire holiday one must do that. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:29, Natai Gavriel 58:3 </ref>
# One who usually learns in a Bet Midrash doesn't have to learn in a Sukkah. <ref>S"A HaRav 639:4, Kaf HaChaim 639:63, Natai Gavriel 58:6 </ref>
# One should pray in a shul and not in one's Sukkah even if one can get a minyan in the Sukkah. If there's no shul in one's city if one is able to concentrate in the Sukkah one should pray in the Sukkah. <ref>S"A 639:4 writes that if one wants one may pray in the Sukkah. The Mishna Brurah 639:30 explains that in the place where one has greater kavanah (concentration) one should pray unless there is a shul in the city in which case one should go there (because during the rest of the year one would leave one's house to go to the shul. Pri Megadim (M"Z 639:14), Kaf HaChaim 639:67, and Natai Gavriel 58:8 add that one should pray in the established shul even if one can get a minyan in the Sukkah. </ref>
# If one usually does Havdalah at home during Sukkot one should do it in the Sukkah. However, those who listen to Havdalah in the shul can do so also on Sukkot. <ref>Mishna Brurah 639:30, Shaar HaTzion 639:57, Kaf HaChaim 639:66 </ref>
# A community committee meeting can take place as usual and doesn't have to be in the Sukkah. <ref>Natai Gavriel 58:10 who explains that the Sukkah is supposed to replace one's home but anyway for the meeting one always leaves one's home to go another place and also that they wouldn't be able to concentrate as well in the Sukkah. </ref>
==References==
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Hoshana Rabba

2011-10-09T06:49:20Z

Ep: /* Hoshanot */

==Learning on Hashana Rabba==
# It’s the practice of Israel to learn on the night of Hoshana Rabba and some stay up all night. It’s proper to read the Seder Leil Hoshana Rabba (printed in some machzorim) which includes reading Sefer Devarim, Midrash Rabba on VeZvot HaBracha, and then Tehillim. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 664:1, Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 438) </ref>
# One who stays up all night should make all the Brachot HaShachar in the morning except for Netilat Yadayim. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 438) </ref>
# Someone who stayed up all night may say Brachot HaTorah only after Olot HaShachar pasted. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 438) writes that if one makes the Brachot HaTorah before Olot HaShachar, one is making a Bracha Levatala. </ref>
# It’s the Sephardic minhag to say Hashem Hu HaElokim prior to Hashem Melech in Shacharit and to add Shir HaMaalot after Yishtabach. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 438) </ref>
==Hoshanot==
# The seventh day of Sukkot is also called Hoshana Rabba. It is the custam of many communities to say extra Hoshanot(prayer sayes while holding the lulav and etrog) and to circle the Teyvaa seven times saying the Hoshanot. <Ref>S”A 664:1, Mishna Brurah 664:10, Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 438) </ref>

==Untying the Lulav==
# It’s not our practice to untie the lulav on Hoshana Rabba. <Ref> Even though S”A 664:1 writes that it’s the minhag to untie the egged on the lulav on Hoshana Rabba, Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 439-440) writes that it’s not our minhag to untie the lulav at all. </ref>
# However, if one wants to untie the egged around the lulav one should only untie it after one fulfilled the mitzvah already. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 440) </ref>

==References==
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