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Preparing food for Yom Tov Sheni
Orach Chaim 503 says that one may not prepare from the first day of Yom Tov for the second day of Yom Tov. However, if one is going to eat even one piece of meat on the first day, they may full up a ...
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Making a delayed havdallah from Motzei Shabbos on the night of Rosh HaShanah
The Biur Halacha in Siman 299 brings an interesting opinion from the Magen Avraham. If someone was fasting (and had taken on to fast for a few days) and wasn't able to make havdallah Motzei Shabbos ...
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Someone who keeps one day Yom Tov Cooking on Chol HaMoed for someone else's Yom Tov Sheini
It says in SA OC Siman 539 Sif 11 (in the Rema) that one may buy things on Chol HaMoed that are needed for the Yom Tov Sheini (of the last days of Yom Tov), which is rabbinic in nature for those ...
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Cooking on Yom Tov for Bein Hashmoshos
There is really another question that I want to ask however to improve upon that question I need to clarify first a certain point.
Is there a Pri Megadim anywhere that says it's ossur to cook on Yom ...
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Noled — Ossur on Yom Tov, Muter on Shabbos?
Why is it that there apparently are some poskim (Halachic authorities) that hold Noled (something that didn't exist before the onset of Shabbos or Yom Tov) is Muter on Shabbos but Ossur on Yom Tov? ...
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Is a Gentile that keeps Yom Tov Chayav Misa like on Shabbos?
We say a gentile that keeps Shabbos is chayav misa (death penalty). Is this also true if a gentile keeps yom tov?
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Borer and Grinding on Yom Tov - and other Melachoth that are Ochel Nefesh
Which Melachoth are prohibited on Shabbath but are permissible to perform on Yom Tov because of the exception of Ochel Nefesh? Famously, cooking and carrying in the public domain are allowed, yet ...
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Gram Mav'ir on Yom Tov
I heard once that the poskim permit "gram mav'ir" on yom tov l'tzrich gadol. For example if someone wants to use a platta (hot plate) that they forgot to plug in they may plug it in with a Shabbos ...
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Is tevel dough muktzah on yom tov?
If one baked bread on yom tov in Eretz Yisroel (from dough kneaded prior to Yom Tov) and relized when the bread was still in the oven that he forgot to take off challah, must the bread then be ...
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Opening plastic soda bottles on Yom Tov
In regards to opening plastic soda bottles on Shabbos I'm sure everyone knows there is a maklokes in this. Is the same maklokes applicable on Yom Tov, or is Yom Tov different so that according to ...
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Killing insects on Yom Tov
Is one allowed to kill an insect on Yom Tov that is "bothering" them (causing some sort of tzar)?
(I'm inclined to think, based on the Halachic concept of "m'toch", that since we are allowed to shecht ...
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One day yom tov for someone who spends every chag in Israel?
I met someone who lives outside of Israel almost full-time and who told me that, because he's in Israel for each of the shalosh r'galim every year, he keeps only one day yom tov. Is this (the ...
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Chatzi LaHashem
I've been having this discussion with my friends and family about the Halacha of dividing Yom Tov into Chatzi LaHashem (half of the day devoted to prayer and learning) and Chatzi Lachem (half of the ...
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Boiling over a pot to extinguish burners on Yom Tov?
Generally, on Yom Tov one is allowed to light a gas burner (using a pre-existing flame), but is not allowed to turn off the gas burner. This is because one may light a fire on Yom Tov, but not ...
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Which challah does one cut on a Shabbas yom tov?
The Shulchan Aruch (274:1) brings down that on shabbas night you cut the bottom challah. The Rama adds that on Shabbas day and yom tov night you cut the top challah for kabbalistic reasons. What do ...
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Tefillat Nedava on Yom Tov
In general, one can pray an extra shmoneh esrei beyond the regular shacharit-mincha-maariv if one wants to do so. This is called a tefillat nedava -- a voluntary prayer.
I know that one cannot do ...
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Lechem Mishlesh?
(Based on Tosfot Pesachim 116a and Aruch haShulchan 274:5 I assume that the man did not fall on Yom Tov and double fell on Erev Yom Tov, and that this is why we have lechem mishne on Yom Tov.)
When ...
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Flexibility in choice of verses for morning Kiddush
The morning Kiddush on Shabbat and holidays consists of one or more Torah verses followed by the blessing on the wine (or perhaps other beverage). I have seen in print and in practice various ...
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Kiddush Levanah on Friday night
Why do we avoid making the Bracha of Kiddush Levanah on Friday night and the nights of Yomim Tovim?
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Fasting on Erev Shabbos/Yom Tov
Is it permitted to fast on Erev Shabbos or Erev Yom Tov? I've heard about people taking on fasts until chatzos, but no later. What is the halacha on this?
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Is there some way to turn the electric stove on and off on Yomtov?
We use an electric stove to cook in our house, not fire or gas (aside from the occasional barbecue). To cook on first day Yomtov and more so on second day we would have to leave the stove on from the ...
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Newspaper delivery on Yom Tov
Is getting a Paper delivered on Yom Tov allowed? If not what may be done with it upon Delivery? as always (CYLOR)
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Keeping one or two days of Yom Tov in towns outside the biblically stipulated borders of Israel?
If you’re living in Amman, Jordan, I believe that you need to keep two days of Yom Tov. But if you’re in Eilat, you keep one day. Why?
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When do you become “Israeli” as far as the laws regarding doing only 1 day of Hag?
What are the laws that define when should someone do only one day of Yom Tov (Shavuot for example) or 2 days?
For example, how long do you have to stay in Israel? Are there other factors?
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Early maariv on 2nd day Yom Tov
A shul in my city made an early maariv for the 2nd day of yom tov. Knowing who the Rabbi is, he did not do this out of ignorance. There are 2 issues I am unclear about:
Are there contemporary ...
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Isur m'lacha starting at night on yom tov
How do we know that the prohibition against doing m'lacha on chagim begins at sunset and not dawn?
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Are Cigarettes on Yomtov a Davar Hashaveh Lechol Nefesh?
Besides for the health (and possible chometz) problems involved with smoking, is it possible to define smoking, in this day and age, as a davar hashaveh lechol nefesh, a universally imbibed pleasure, ...
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Cooking on Yom Tov, for Yom Tov
Why can't one cook for the second day of Yom Tov on the first day? Why won't something along the lines of Eiruv Tavshilin help in this case as well?
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Using Eiruv Tavshilin to Cook for a Gentile Shabbos Guest
When cooking on Yomtov for Shabbos (allowed with the eiruv tavshilin) may one also cook for a gentile guest that he will be having at the Shabbos meal?
Even though one cannot cook on Yomtov for a ...
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What's the deal with showering on yom tov?
What's the deal with showering on yom tov?
I am asking not about shabbos, but specifically about yom tov.
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Second day of Yom Tov outside of Israel
Can someone living outside of Israel ask a visitor from Israel to do a melacha for them on the second day of Yom Tov if the visiting Israeli is only keeping one day of Yom Tov?
