A Sukkah That Is Hot in the Afternoon | Sheilot

A Sukkah That Is Hot in the Afternoon

Question

A sukkah that is kosher in terms of its structure, but in which it is impossible to sleep during the afternoon hours — is it nevertheless kosher?

Answer

Hello and blessings 

Although it is impossible to sleep in the sukkah in the afternoon because of the heat, the sukkah is kosher.

Answered 28 September 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim, sec. 640:4
Ruling of our teacher Rabbi Amram Fried shlita

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