Eruv Chatzerot from a Building to a Sukkah
Question
Answer
Shalom u’vrachah
There is no need for an eruv chatzerot on Sukkot in order to carry from the house to the sukkah, if all the members of the family eat the Shabbat meals in the sukkah, since a sukkah does not create a prohibition against carrying.
Source
Mishnah Berurah, at the beginning of siman 370, in the name of the Magen Avraham.
And although in Sha’ar HaTziyun he cites that HaGaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger remained with tzarich iyun regarding this ruling, nevertheless in the Mishnah Berurah he rules simply to be lenient. Accordingly, since one is also not eating in the house, the house likewise becomes considered a courtyard, and it is permitted to carry utensils that were in a courtyard at the onset of Shabbat from one courtyard to another, even when it is not joined by an eruv. It is only necessary to resolve what the Mishnah Berurah writes at the end of siman 634, that from one sukkah to another an eruv is required in order to carry; however, the simple answer to this is that it is referring to a sukkah adjacent to the house, in which case its status is like that of a house, like the other rooms of the house.
However, some have written to answer that even though it does not create a prohibition, it is forbidden to carry from one to the other, but seemingly this is a novel distinction.
