Yeah, I was just doing a humble brag, I guess. :-)
One of the JTS [1] faculty who goes to my shul once did a class whose title I don't recall exactly at the moment, but it was basically, "The Shulchan Aruch says you can do THAT in your kitchen?"
As much as some people like to think that Jewish practice now is exactly as G-d handed down on Mt. Sinai, or perhaps as codified in the Talmud, or at least in the midevil halachic compilations like the Shulchan Aruch, the truth is that it has evolved quite a bit from there. Especially in the kitchen.
So, yeah, I'm happily eating whole meals outside the sukkah -- although I've not been eating bread outside during that meal unless I started (kiddush and/or motzei ) inside. And happily sleeping (or at least attempting to) outside the sukkah, even on nights when there isn't rain in the forcast for the evening. Although other than the first night, I think there's been rain every night so far.
[1] The Jewish Theological Seminary, a Seminary for the Conservative movement, located about a mile from our shul.
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One of the JTS [1] faculty who goes to my shul once did a class whose title I don't recall exactly at the moment, but it was basically, "The Shulchan Aruch says you can do THAT in your kitchen?"
As much as some people like to think that Jewish practice now is exactly as G-d handed down on Mt. Sinai, or perhaps as codified in the Talmud, or at least in the midevil halachic compilations like the Shulchan Aruch, the truth is that it has evolved quite a bit from there. Especially in the kitchen.
So, yeah, I'm happily eating whole meals outside the sukkah -- although I've not been eating bread outside during that meal unless I started (kiddush and/or motzei ) inside. And happily sleeping (or at least attempting to) outside the sukkah, even on nights when there isn't rain in the forcast for the evening. Although other than the first night, I think there's been rain every night so far.
[1] The Jewish Theological Seminary, a Seminary for the Conservative movement, located about a mile from our shul.