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==Which foods can one eat outside the Sukkah?== | ==Which foods can one eat outside the Sukkah?== | ||
===Bread=== | ===Bread=== | ||
# It is permissible to eat up to a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]] of bread outside the Sukkah but for any more than a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]] one must eat it in the Sukkah and make a Bracha of Leshev BaSukkah. <ref>S"A 639:2, Mishna Brurah 639:13, Biur Halacha D"H KeBaytzah, Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 132), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 142) </ref> | # It is permissible to eat up to a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]] of bread outside the Sukkah but for any more than a [[Measurements#KeBaytzah|KeBaytzah]] one must eat it in the Sukkah and make a Bracha of Leshev BaSukkah. <ref>S"A 639:2, Mishna Brurah 639:13, Biur Halacha D"H KeBaytzah, Natai Gavriel 48:2, Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 132), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 142) </ref> | ||
# If one only ate a Kezayit of bread and other foods, according to Ashkenazim this is a meal and one must eat it in the Sukkah and even make the bracha of Leshev BaSukkah<ref>Natai Gavriel 48:7</ref>, however, according to Sephardim one doesn't have to eat this in the Sukkah and even if one eats in the Sukkah one does not make the bracha of LeShev BaSukkah. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 134)</ref> | |||
===Fruits=== | ===Fruits=== | ||
# It is permissible to eat fruits even if one eats a lot of fruit. <ref>S"A and Rama 639:2 </ref>Nonetheless, it's praiseworthy to have fruit in the Sukkah. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 138), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 143)</ref> | # It is permissible to eat fruits even if one eats a lot of fruit. <ref>S"A and Rama 639:2, Natai Gavriel 50:1 </ref>Nonetheless, it's praiseworthy to have fruit in the Sukkah. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 138), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 143)</ref> | ||
===Drinks=== | ===Drinks=== | ||
# 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 </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, | # 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>Mishna Brurah 639:15, 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)</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 </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 bracah 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, 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 bracah according to all opinions. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Sukkot pg 132-6), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 142-3) </ref> | ||
===If one is middle of a meal=== | ===If one is middle of a meal=== | ||
# If one is middle of a bread meal one may not eat any food or drink outside the Sukkah and even if has food in one's mouth and one began chewing when one leaves the Sukkah one shouldn't continue chewing until one returns to the Sukkah. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 143) </ref> | # If one is middle of a bread meal one may not eat any food or drink outside the Sukkah and even if has food in one's mouth and one began chewing when one leaves the Sukkah one shouldn't continue chewing until one returns to the Sukkah. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 143) </ref> | ||
