[Avodah] sharing a succah

[Mike Miller]

On 10/17/06, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Someone was eating in a public succah with his wife.
> As the succah was crowded someone else came and asked the
> wife to leave so that he could eat in the succah as a woman is
> not required to eat in a succah.
>
> Is there any requirement for the woman to leave eating in the
> public succah with her husband so that another man can use
> her place?

A few thoughts, but no conclusions
1. I'm assuming the "public" sukkah is really a private sukkah belong
to the owner of a resteraunt, which he has opened to the public (or
maybe only those buying his food). I'm unaware of any _public_ sukkos
built by a municipality, etc. Thus, he could decide who is welcome in
his sukkah and who is not
2. The second man has no chiyyuv that needs to be fulfilled now. Who
said he can't wait until the first couple is done? Most resteraunts do
not kick out patrons immediately upon the conclusion of their chewing!

-- Mike Miller
Ramat Bet Shemesh