Kiddush in the Same Room
Question: May we recite kiddush in our kitchen if we plan to eat in the dining room? Answer: The Gemara (Pesachim 101a) teaches that Shmuel maintains kiddush must be recited in the same location where one will eat the seuda . Rav Anan bar Tachlifa observed Shmuel reciting kiddush on the upper floor of his home. He then descended to the lower floor and repeated kiddush before beginning his meal. However, the Shulchan Aruch (OC 273:1) rules that if kiddush is recited in one corner of the house and the meal is eaten in another part of the same house, there is no need to repeat kiddush . The Rema extends this ruling even to a sukka (see Magen Avraham 273:2). As an illustrative case, the Mishna Berura (273:5) explains that if one recites kiddush inside due to rain, and the rain subsequently stops, one may go out to the sukka to eat, without needing to repeat kiddush . Nonetheless, the Mishna Berura (273:5; Biur Halacha 273:1) note that several authorities, including the Ely...