Chol HaMoed הלכות חול המועד
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530Laws of Chol HaMoedSiman 530 · 6 seifim
- 1.The days between the first and seventh days of…
- 2.There is a mitzvah to increase Torah study during…
- 3.Some say the labor prohibition on Chol HaMoed is…
- 4.The prohibition of traveling beyond the techum does not…
- 5.The obligations to rest one's animal and not lead…
- 6.The Jerusalem Talmud relates that Rabbi Abba bar Mamal…
531Haircuts, Shaving, and Cutting Nails on Chol HaMoedSiman 531 · 10 seifim
- 1.There is a mitzvah to have a haircut and…
- 2.A mustache may be trimmed even when it does…
- 3.Even one who shaved before Yom Tov may not…
- 4.One released from prison during Chol HaMoed may have…
- 5.One mourning a father or mother whose thirty-day mourning…
- 6.One may bathe, comb, and shampoo the hair on…
- 7.A minor may have a haircut on Chol HaMoed.…
- 8.An ill person who recovered during Chol HaMoed, did…
- 9.When a circumcision at its proper time occurs on…
- 10.Fingernails may be cut on Chol HaMoed, even with…
+Medical Treatment on Chol HaMoedMedical Treatment on Chol HaMoed · 1 seifim
Read this siman →533Labors Permitted on Chol HaMoedSiman 533 · 2 seifim
- 1.An activity whose omission during Chol HaMoed would cause…
- 2.It appears permitted to connect gas to a fixed…
534Laundering on Chol HaMoedSiman 534 · 18 seifim
- 1.Clothing may not be laundered on Chol HaMoed even…
- 2.Hand towels that continually become dirty and bath towels…
- 3.Handkerchiefs may also be washed on Chol HaMoed.
- 4.Hotels and hospitals may wash sheets and bedding, and…
- 5.A pregnant woman needing elastic stockings should, if possible,…
- 6.A woman counting her seven clean days who must…
- 7.Young children's clothes may be washed because they continually…
- 8.Today, many people change undergarments worn against the body…
- 9.Young children's clothes needed during the festival may be…
- 10.A stain that falls on clothing during Chol HaMoed…
- 11.One released from prison or captivity, or arriving from…
- 12.Clothes soaked by water during Chol HaMoed may be…
- 13.Clothing may be ironed on Chol HaMoed with a…
- 14.Clothes and hats may plainly be brushed free of…
- 15.Shoes may be polished for use during Chol HaMoed;…
- 16.Our established custom permits washing and mopping floors on…
- 17.Items needed during the festival, such as pillows, cushions,…
- 18.Today, household or courtyard garbage may be taken to…
536Animal Needs on Chol HaMoedSiman 536 · 2 seifim
Read this siman →537Labor to Prevent a Loss on Chol HaMoedSiman 537 · 21 seifim
- 1.Any labor may be performed by a poor worker…
- 2.If a poor, unsuccessful worker lacks food and his…
- 3.Books may not be printed on Chol HaMoed. Even…
- 4.A business, printing house, or factory with permanent monthly…
- 5.Those who permit printing a religious newspaper on Chol…
- 6.A permanent factory employee who may be fired for…
- 7.One pressured to perform work that is forbidden on…
- 8.A densely planted orchard may be irrigated. If trees…
- 9.Vegetables intended for the festival may be irrigated by…
- 10.Flowers, roses, and fragrant trees that would be lost…
- 11.Vegetables may not be pickled unless they can be…
- 12.Everything needed for food may be performed on Chol…
- 13.A broken electric refrigerator, gas range, oven, or kitchen…
- 14.Although the Sages prohibited separating terumot and ma'asrot on…
- 15.A field may not be harvested unless delay until…
- 16.Mice damaging an orchard may be trapped normally by…
- 17.If worms infest and damage a tree, fire may…
- 18.Trees may be sprayed to protect them from harmful…
- 19.Cows and ewes may be milked on Chol HaMoed…
- 20.Fish may be caught publicly on Chol HaMoed in…
- 21.One who must buy grapes during the harvest to…
539Commerce on Chol HaMoedSiman 539 · 8 seifim
- 1.Buying and selling merchandise unnecessary for the festival are…
- 2.If one must pay a debt and inability to…
- 3.One presented with a business opportunity may privately negotiate…
- 4.Trading on a stock exchange during Chol HaMoed is…
- 5.A lender may demand repayment during Chol HaMoed and…
- 6.A private individual may lend money at interest to…
- 7.A childcare provider may receive direct payment for work…
- 8.Sellers of vegetables that do not keep may open…
541Repairing Clothing on Chol HaMoedSiman 541 · 4 seifim
- 1.Shoes torn during Chol HaMoed may not be professionally…
- 2.An unskilled person needing to repair a garment may…
- 3.Broken eyeglasses may be professionally repaired during Chol HaMoed.
- 4.Wicks may be prepared during Chol HaMoed for lighting…
543Labor Performed by a Non-JewSiman 543 · 7 seifim
- 1.Any labor forbidden on Chol HaMoed may not be…
- 2.For a mitzvah, such as constructing a mikveh, a…
- 3.A non-Jew contracted before the festival to build a…
- 4.A synagogue building should not be constructed during Chol…
- 5.If detached material was given to a non-Jew before…
- 6.A merchant whose factory is in a non-Jewish street,…
- 7.Some say that one whose work animal would consume…
544Communal Needs on Chol HaMoedSiman 544 · 5 seifim
- 1.Communal needs required during the festival may be performed…
- 2.A professional mechanic may make any skilled repair needed…
- 3.Communal needs unnecessary during the festival may not be…
- 4.All the more so, classrooms in Talmud Torah schools…
- 5.A postal worker may continue working during Chol HaMoed…
545Writing on Chol HaMoedSiman 545 · 10 seifim
- 1.Writing is forbidden on Chol HaMoed; even correcting one…
- 2.If a scribe completed a Torah scroll before the…
- 3.Erasing an extra letter at the end of a…
- 4.A personal letter or Torah insights may be typed…
- 5.One may write personal accounts and calculate expenses because…
- 6.An apartment may be rented and a standard lease…
- 7.Torah insights, whether one's own or heard from another,…
- 8.One who was stringent not to write Torah insights…
- 9.Photographs may be taken on Chol HaMoed, but developing…
- 10.Speeches or songs may be recorded on audio media…
546Marriage on Chol HaMoedSiman 546 · 5 seifim
- 1.Weddings are not held during Chol HaMoed because one…
- 2.Kiddushin without marriage is technically permitted during Chol HaMoed.…
- 3.A matchmaking engagement and tena'im may be held on…
- 4.One may remarry a former wife during Chol HaMoed.…
- 5.A brit milah or pidyon haben meal may be…
548Mourning on Chol HaMoedSiman 548 · 6 seifim
- 1.Eulogizing and fasting are forbidden on Chol HaMoed.
- 2.One whose relative dies during the festival does not…
- 3.The Jerusalem custom, including for Sephardim, is to tear…
- 4.The Jerusalem custom is to hold a mourner's first…
- 5.One who sees a cemetery during Chol HaMoed recites…
- 6.One whose relative died during the festival and was…
+Particular Laws of Chol HaMoedParticular Laws of Chol HaMoed · 6 seifim
- 1.One who mistakenly prayed the Yom Tov Shacharit Amidah…
- 2.The established custom is not to wear tefillin on…
- 3.Even today, there is a mitzvah during Chol HaMoed…
- 4.Musical instruments may be played on Chol HaMoed, since…
- 5.A woman may perform all beauty treatments during Chol…
- 6.One who omitted Ya'aleh VeYavo from Birkat HaMazon on…