QUESTION

New York, NY

If one is going on a hike on Chol HaMoed Sukkot, does one have to not bring mezonot or HaMotzi on the hike, or can one treat a future event as a situation where one doesn’t have access to a sukkah and bring sandwiches to eat?

ANSWER

Rav Lichtenstein has an article on this from about 30 years ago. His conclusion is that it is mutar me’ikar hadin based on הולכי דרכים. I would totally agree based also on תשבו כעין תדורו, and people