Topic: ברכה למצות סוכה
Very quickly review the גמרא דף מה: “אמר רב יהודה until דף מו. “ואף רב סבר (seven lines before the wide lines)
There is a dispute in the Rishonim as to when someone should recite the bracha for the mitzvah of Sukkah?
Tosfos (“דף מה: “אחד) – Before one eats, drink, or sleeps in the sukkah
Rif & Rambam (הלכות סוכה פרק ו הלכה יב ) – Each time one enters the sukkah to remain for a while.
Rabbeinu Tam (רא”ש ס’ ג) – Minhag is to only make the bracha before eating inside the Sukkah
Halachic Conclusion:
How do we conclude in halacha as to when the bracha for the mitzvah of Sukkah should be said?
Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרל”ט סעיף ח who says the minhag is to make the bracha when you eat inside the Sukkah
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14327&st=&pgnum=373
Questions:
- If someone will sit inside a Sukkah but will not be eating or sleeping should he recite a bracha?
See רא”ש ברכות ס ‘יג starting from “כיוצא בה שאל ר”י until ומי שהשכיםhttps://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14308&st=&pgnum=144 Learn ט”ז ס’ תרלט ס”ק כ (last line) and משנה ברורה ס”ק מח
- Does someone who leaves in the middle of his meal inside of Sukkah to visit his friend need to make a new bracha when he sits in his friend’s sukkah?
Learn מגן אברהם ס’ תרלט ס”ק יז starting from “ומי שהולך (towards the end)
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14327&st=&pgnum=373Learn משנה ברורה ס”ק מח starting from “ומי שהולך (in the middle)
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=216See קובץ הלכות פרק טו סע’ יג
- According to the Mishna Berura would he have to make a bracha if he is not eating in his friends sukkah?
Learn שער הציון אות צג
- Why is the bracha one recites on his own sukkah not effective for someone else’s sukkah?
Learn שער הציון אות צד Learn ערוך השולחן ס’ תרל”ט כח See הליכות שלמה פרק ט ס’ יב And footnote כו
- If one leaves his Sukkah to daven Mincha and returned right away does he have to make a new bracha on the Sukkah
See משנה ברורה ס”ק מזSee קובץ הלכות פרק טו סע’ טו-טז
- If someone is going to sleep inside his sukkah and will not be eating does he recite a bracha?
See משנה ברורה ס”ק מח See הליכות שלמה פרק ט ס’ טז