The Rained-Out Sukkos Meal

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Q. What if I made Kiddush in the sukkah and it began raining and I cannot see into my house. What should I do? Should I repeat Kiddush in the house? 

A. In this case, if one leaves the sukkah and enters his house, he will be required to repeat Kiddush. He will not have fulfilled the mitzvah of Kiddush with his recitation in the sukkah, unless he ate there a kezayis of bread. If in fact he leaves the sukkah and enters his home, it will turn out that the Kiddush said in the sukkah will have been a bracha livatala (a blessing recited in vain).
The Mishnah Berurah (Shar Ha’tziun 273:5) writes that in this scenario, the preferable course of action would be for everyone to eat a kezayis of bread in the sukkah in the rain or at the very least every person should drink a reviis of wine (See Mishnah Berurah 273:5). Once they do this, they will have fulfilled their mitzvah of Kiddush and there will be no need to repeat Kiddush in the house. They may then enter the house and continue the meal. Since they likely realized that it was going to rain, and had in mind that if it rained they would finish the meal in the house, there is no need to recite Hamotzi again when they eat in the home.
This column comes from OU Kosher’s Halacha Yomis dedicated in memory of Rav Chaim Yisroel ben Reb Dov HaLevy Belsky, zt’l, Senior OU Kosher Halachic Consultant (1987-2016). Subscribers can also ask their own questions on Kashrus issues and send them to [email protected]. These questions and their answers may be selected to become one of the Q and A’s on OU Kosher Halacha Yomis.
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3 COMMENTS

  1. Well, one thing I’ll tell you, it hasn’t stopped raining here in Miami in 2 weeks. And now we just had a blackout. The first one since the hurricane. Yikes.

  2. I wish it would at least drizzle a little over here. It’s 80 degrees and dry every day. When the temp goes over 90, you don’t sweat because it’s a dry heat here in Los Angeles.

    • I hear you. You can definitely take some of our rain. B”H, the electric came back on around 1:30 in the morning so even though we were in a pool of sweat (no ac), we were able to get at least some sleep. I hope the food in the fridge and freezer didn’t get totally ruined. Ah gutten Yom Tov to all.

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