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Can I eat at a picnic table on Chol Hamoed?
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Rabbi Eli Gersten, OU Kosher recorder of psak and policy, breaks down the answer.
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On Chol Hamoed, can I eat at a picnic table? The
proper way is to bring with you like a disposable
plastic tablecloth. Put it over the table. In your
own house, you wouldn't use your chametzic table.
There could be crumbs and things on there.
So, therefore, even if you're going to say,
I'm eating on a paper plate, but things could fall
off the paper plate. Therefore, it's appropriate
to put down a plastic and not to rely on the
fact that you're just going to keep everything
on the paper plate. Similarly, anytime one's
eating, let's say at work, during Chol Hamoed,
if there are others who are eating chametz at
the same area where you are, you should not
eat at the same surface because we're afraid on
Pesach for even a mashul, even the smallest tiny
crumb. So therefore, while we're eating, we we
should try to keep our food away from chametz.