Holidays
Is it Permissible to Repair a Sukkah on Chol HaMoed?
Question
Hello, honor of the rabbi,
I very much want to travel to my parents during Chol HaMoed (they live far away). The odds are that the sukkah they build is not kosher. My question is - may my husband repair it during Chol HaMoed itself in order to make it kosher?
Thank you very much, and happy festival
Answer
Hello,
If the sukkah is not kosher - it is certainly permitted to repair it during Chol HaMoed (see Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, siman 637, seif 1, Mishnah Berurah and Biur Halacha there, and Chazon Ovadia, Sukkot, pages 49-51).
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs
