Yom Tov הלכות יום טוב
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491The Laws of Havdalah Following Yom TovSiman 491 · 2 seifim
- 1.One who did not recite Havdalah at the conclusion…
- 2.A resident of Eretz Yisrael who is outside the…
493Customs of the Counting of the OmerSiman 493 · 29 seifim
- 1.The custom throughout the Jewish diaspora is not to…
- 2.If the groom is Sephardic and the bride Ashkenazic,…
- 3.According to the strict law, one who has not…
- 4.It is permitted to remarry one's former wife during…
- 5.A Sephardic groom who has not fulfilled the mitzvah…
- 6.A groom may have a haircut on his wedding…
- 7.When Lag BaOmer falls on Friday, a groom who…
- 8.Even those who are lenient throughout the year to…
- 9.On the night and day of Lag BaOmer, the…
- 10.An engagement celebration, known as tena'im, may be held…
- 11.The widespread Sephardic custom is not to have a…
- 12.Those scrupulous in observance also refrain from shaving during…
- 13.When Lag BaOmer falls on Friday, Sephardim may also…
- 14.If a brit milah occurs during the Omer, the…
- 15.A bar mitzvah boy may have a haircut in…
- 16.Some customarily refrain from haircuts and shaving until the…
- 17.Even according to the Kabbalistic custom, when Shabbat falls…
- 18.Women are not included in the haircut restriction during…
- 19.Anyone permitted to have a haircut during Chol HaMoed…
- 20.Fingernails may be cut during the Omer.
- 21.Some women customarily refrain during the Omer from work…
- 22.Shehecheyanu may be recited over a new fruit during…
- 23.Regarding a new garment during the Omer, it is…
- 24.Even where the custom prohibits sewing new garments during…
- 25.One who has an opportunity to move into a…
- 26.Some customarily refrain from traveling during the Omer, but…
- 27.Lag BaOmer is a day of joy and gladness…
- 28.Vidui and Tachanun are not recited on Lag BaOmer.
- 29.Some bring their young children to Meron on Lag…
494The Laws of ShavuotSiman 494 · 30 seifim
- 1.Shavuot falls on the sixth of Sivan, following the…
- 2.Some say that on Shavuot night Kiddush should not…
- 3.Ma'ariv on Shavuot may be prayed while it is…
- 4.One who forgot Shehecheyanu on Shavuot cannot recite it…
- 5.On Shavuot night, bread may be eaten with vegetable…
- 6.The widespread custom throughout the Jewish diaspora is to…
- 6b.This custom applies to men, not women.
- 7.It is proper to consider the view of the…
- 8.One must avoid idle talk that night and not…
- 9.Those studying throughout the night who are periodically served…
- 11.Birchot HaTorah should not be recited until dawn, which…
- 12.Our custom is that those who remained awake all…
- 13.Our custom is to recite all the morning blessings…
- 14.One should strengthen himself like a lion during Shacharit…
- 15.Some customarily stand during the reading of the Ten…
- 16.If one's father or teacher receives the aliyah containing…
- 17.It is customary to spread fragrant grasses and roses…
- 18.The practice in some places of distributing fragrant spices…
- 19.One may not fast on Shavuot, even because of…
- 20.It is customary to eat dairy foods on the…
- 21.One must wait six hours before eating dairy after…
- 22.There is a mitzvah to eat animal meat on…
- 23.There is a mitzvah to gladden women with what…
- 24.One may not dance or clap on a festival,…
- 25.It is a proper custom to read Megillat Ruth…
- 26.It is forbidden to fast or deliver a eulogy…
- 27.The Sephardic custom is to omit Tachanun and Nefilat…
- 28.One who donates a Torah scroll to a synagogue…
- 29.One should endeavor to study Torah during the festival…
- 30.One should endeavor to develop a novel Torah insight…
495Labors Forbidden and Permitted on Yom TovSiman 495 · 7 seifim
- 1.The Torah states: "No labor shall be performed on…
- 2.Every labor forbidden by Torah law on Shabbat is…
- 3.The Torah commands that one's animal rest on Shabbat,…
- 4.Food preparation that would suffer no loss of flavor…
- 5.It is proper to be stringent not to produce…
- 6.One who cooks on Yom Tov for gross overeating—for…
- 7.The Sages forbade harvesting a field or vineyard on…
+Muktzeh on Yom TovSiman 495 (continued) · 6 seifim
- 1.Muktzeh is forbidden on Yom Tov even in cases…
- 2.Produce set aside for wholesale merchandise, where the merchant…
- 3.When Yom Tov falls on Shabbat, everyone regards it…
- 4.Muktzeh may be moved for food preparation. Thus, if…
- 5.It is proper to be stringent not to move…
- 6.A household ladder may be moved on Yom Tov…
496The Second Festival Day in the DiasporaSiman 496 · 36 seifim
- 1.Outside Eretz Yisrael, two festival days are observed by…
- 2.The only distinction outside Israel between the first and…
- 3.Likewise, if a person dies on the first festival…
- 4.A resident of Eretz Yisrael who travels abroad intending…
- 5.Regarding prayer on the second festival day—such as Shavuot's…
- 6.An Israeli resident temporarily abroad who intends to return…
- 7.Even ten or more Israeli residents abroad who intend…
- 8.An Israeli visitor abroad with his wife on the…
- 9.If the second festival day falls on Friday, an…
- 10.Although an Israeli visitor attends synagogue on the second…
- 11.Institutional emissaries temporarily living abroad with their families who…
- 12.Even after the agreed assignment period ends, if such…
- 13.If the second festival day falls on Friday, these…
- 14.One who travels abroad intending to return immediately, remains…
- 15.A diaspora resident may cook on the second festival…
- 16.An Israeli visitor who intends to return may switch…
- 17.An Israeli visitor who heard Havdalah from a diaspora…
- 18.An Israeli visitor may not recite Kiddush for diaspora…
- 19.A resident of Eretz Yisrael who went abroad and…
- 20.An Israeli resident who owns a factory abroad staffed…
- 21.But if a diaspora resident owns a factory or…
- 22.A diaspora resident who comes to Israel and remains…
- 23.Diaspora residents visiting Israel who intend to return remain…
- 24.Diaspora residents visiting Israel who intend to return may…
- 25.A diaspora resident visiting Israel who intends to return…
- 26.If ten diaspora residents are not present, they should…
- 27.A diaspora visitor in Israel who intends to return…
- 28.A diaspora visitor in Israel who intends to return…
- 29.An unmarried, independent young man from abroad who comes…
- 30.One who departed by ship from abroad intending to…
- 31.Although diaspora law generally requires eating in the sukkah…
- 32.A diaspora visitor in Israel who intends to return…
- 33.A diaspora resident who owns a permanent home in…
- 34.A circumcision performed after its proper time does not…
- 35.A skilled mohel from abroad visiting Israel who intends…
- 36.One may bathe the entire body on the second…
497Preparation and Trapping on Yom TovSiman 497 · 5 seifim
- 1.One may not trap dovecote or attic pigeons, and…
- 2.Worms may be removed from fish on Yom Tov;…
- 3.Food should not be placed immediately before fish that…
- 4.Ornamental fish kept in a home aquarium may be…
- 5.Laying hens kept in a coop may likewise be…
498The Laws of Slaughtering on Yom TovSiman 498 · 13 seifim
- 1.Although slaughtering animals is a food need and is…
- 2.The above concerns an animal intended for food. An…
- 3.Even according to the strict law, one may not…
- 4.According to the strict law, a non-Jew's animal may…
- 5.If an animal's mother was slaughtered on the day…
- 6.Poultry may be slaughtered even today, including when Yom…
- 7.How is designation performed? One says, "I will take…
- 8.A bird may be slaughtered on Yom Tov only…
- 9.If the knife becomes nicked on Yom Tov, in…
- 10.One who slaughters for others may accept an egg…
- 11.A bird may be slaughtered on Yom Tov even…
- 12.The custom is to be stringent not to slaughter…
- 13.A bird may be slaughtered on Yom Tov for…
502The Laws of Fire on Yom TovSiman 502 · 23 seifim
- 1.Creating fire on Yom Tov is forbidden. Fire may…
- 2.If one transgressed and created fire on Yom Tov,…
- 3.If it was impossible to prepare fire before Yom…
- 4.A match may be lit from a candle flame…
- 5.A matchbox may be moved on Yom Tov and…
- 6.A match may be lit from the hot glass…
- 7.A cigarette may be lit on Yom Tov by…
- 8.When another method is available, it is proper to…
- 9.Switching electricity on is forbidden on Yom Tov because…
- 10.One may ask a non-Jew to switch on electric…
- 11.Some say that one who forgot to prepare fire…
- 12.A non-Jew may switch on a fan for a…
- 13.A hearing aid switched on and operating from before…
- 14.It is a great mitzvah to warn the public…
- 15.One may not ride an elevator on Yom Tov…
- 16.Although an electric oven may not be switched on…
- 17.A purposeless candle that is not needed at all…
- 18.Likewise, one sleeping alone in a house on Yom…
- 19.Candles may be lit on Yom Tov when a…
- 20.As already explained, a gramophone may not be set…
- 21.Recorded music may not be played from a tape…
- 22.The widespread custom permits using a primus stove on…
- 23.A professional bellows may not be used to fan…
503Not Preparing from One Day of Yom Tov for AnotherSiman 503 · 4 seifim
- 1.One may not bake or cook on Yom Tov…
- 2.Before the midday meal, a woman may cook a…
- 3.A woman may likewise fill an oven with bread…
- 4.If a woman transgressed and cooked on Yom Tov…
504Spices on Yom TovSiman 504 · 8 seifim
- 1.Spices may be pounded normally on Yom Tov because…
- 2.Coffee may be pounded in a mortar on Yom…
- 3.Although some say grinding coffee in a large professional…
- 4.Matzah may be crushed on Yom Tov without an…
- 5.Spices and salt may be measured before adding them…
- 6.When a Jew receives meat from another Jew on…
- 7.One may not weigh meat at home to determine…
- 8.One experiencing pain in a limb on Yom Tov…
505Squeezing and Milking on Yom TovSiman 505 · 4 seifim
- 1.Olives and grapes may not be squeezed on Yom…
- 2.An animal kept for food may be milked on…
- 3.Where an electric milking machine is used, the tube…
- 4.Almonds may be pounded on Yom Tov to extract…
506The Laws of Kneading on Yom TovSiman 506 · 10 seifim
- 1.Flour may be taken from a container on Yom…
- 2.Flour may not be sifted through a sieve on…
- 3.How is it altered? One who ordinarily sifts over…
- 4.If a pebble or wood chip fell into flour…
- 5.Flour may not be measured for kneading on Yom…
- 6.One who kneads dough on Yom Tov may separate…
- 7.Challah separated on Yom Tov today may not be…
- 8.Challah may not be separated on Yom Tov from…
- 9.One kneading dough on Yom Tov may not imprint…
- 10.A cake baked before Yom Tov with shapes or…
+Particular Laws of Yom TovSiman 509 (continued) · 13 seifim
- 1.Cheese may be grated with a serrated grater or…
- 2.Insecticide may be sprayed in a home to drive…
- 3.Soda water may be made on Yom Tov. A…
- 4.The widespread custom permits refilling a kerosene lamp or…
- 5.Egg whites may be whipped on Yom Tov. Some…
- 6.Butter or chocolate may be spread on bread, even…
- 7.Cheese may not be made on Yom Tov. Adding…
- 8.Yogurt may nevertheless be made on Yom Tov because…
- 9.Water may be frozen into ice in an electric…
- 10.Poultry stuffed with meat, rice, or similar foods may…
- 11.Just as sewing is permitted on Yom Tov for…
- 12.Food may be selected on Yom Tov for use…
- 13.One who selects food from waste intending to eat…
511Benefits Common to EveryoneSiman 511 · 8 seifim
- 1.A benefit common to everyone is permitted on Yom…
- 2.The entire body may be washed at once with…
- 3.Burning incense on Yom Tov—placing fragrance powder on coals…
- 4.From the standpoint of Yom Tov law, smoking cigarettes…
- 5.Cigarettes bearing printed letters may be smoked on Yom…
- 6.Some are stringent not to knock ash from a…
- 7.One who refrains from smoking on Yom Tov because…
- 8.A candle may be lit on Yom Tov so…
512Not Cooking for a Non-JewSiman 512 · 3 seifim
- 1.One may not cook for a non-Jew on Yom…
- 2.One who ate meat may cook dairy food on…
- 3.If a non-Jew brought a Jew on Yom Tov…
513An Egg Laid on Yom TovSiman 513 · 7 seifim
- 1.An egg laid on Yom Tov is muktzeh and…
- 2.When Yom Tov adjoins Shabbat and the egg was…
- 3.An egg laid on the first festival day is…
- 4.If a non-Jew brings eggs to sell to a…
- 5.Fruit that fell from a tree on Yom Tov…
- 6.Fully formed eggs found inside a hen slaughtered on…
- 7.An egg may be placed on Yom Tov in…
514Not Extinguishing on Yom TovSiman 514 · 15 seifim
- 1.Extinguishing on Yom Tov is forbidden, including partial extinguishing…
- 2.It is proper to be stringent not to extinguish…
- 3.Although it is forbidden to extinguish the gas on…
- 4.A recently developed gas-extinguishing device from a scientific-technological institute…
- 5.A water pipe whose tobacco was soaked and whose…
- 6.When Yom Tov falls on Friday, a timer may…
- 7.A burning candle may not be placed where wind…
- 8.In a case of great need, some permit inserting…
- 9.After using a burning match, one must not throw…
- 10.The charred material at the top of a candle…
- 11.One who removes oil from a burning lamp on…
- 12.If the flame of a kerosene lamp rises so…
- 13.When two candles are joined by one wick, it…
- 14.A wax candle may not be heated to attach…
- 15.A tube or candleholder blocked with hardened wax may…
+Lighting Yom Tov CandlesSiman 514 (continued) · 8 seifim
- 1a.There is a mitzvah to light candles on Yom…
- 1b.As explained above in the laws of Shabbat, nearly…
- 2.A Yemenite woman who followed her community's diaspora practice…
- 3.The practice of some women to recite Shehecheyanu while…
- 4.Some are meticulous to light Yom Tov candles before…
- 5.A woman who lights Yom Tov candles close to…
- 6.Initially, Yom Tov candles should be lit in the…
- 7.The custom is to light two candles on Yom…
518Carrying on Yom TovSiman 518 · 12 seifim
- 1.Carrying from a private to a public domain and…
- 2.It is permitted to go out into a public…
- 3.A full pack of cigarettes may be carried in…
- 4.Women may wear jewelry outside on Yom Tov for…
- 5.A wristwatch or pocket watch may be carried from…
- 6.One may not travel beyond the two-thousand-cubit techum on…
- 7.If a non-Jew brings a Jew a gift on…
- 8.If on a second festival day falling Friday a…
- 9.If a non-Jew brings a gift not attached to…
- 10.If it is uncertain whether a gift came from…
- 11.When preparation is uncertain—such as fruit that may have…
- 12.One may not cook or carry from a private…
519Rejoicing on Yom TovSiman 519 · 18 seifim
- 1.The mitzvah of Yom Tov is to divide the…
- 2.Just as there is a mitzvah to honor and…
- 3.A person should not economize on expenses in honor…
- 4.Just as nothing, even water, may be tasted before…
- 5.One who did not recite Kiddush over wine on…
- 6.Two whole loaves must be used on Yom Tov…
- 7.Three meals are not required on Yom Tov; two…
- 8.A siyum meal may be combined with the festival…
- 9.A person must rejoice on Yom Tov. For men,…
- 10.The obligation to rejoice on Yom Tov rests upon…
- 11.A person is obligated to gladden together with him…
- 12.At the time when the Beit HaMikdash stood, it…
- 13.A person is obligated to visit his rabbi on…
- 14.Nevertheless, it is not proper for a person to…
- 15.A person is obligated to purify himself for a…
- 16.The beit din in every single place is obligated…
- 17.Even today, eating meat and drinking wine to fulfill…
- 18.Clapping and dancing are forbidden on Yom Tov just…
527The Laws of Eruv TavshilinSiman 527 · 32 seifim
- 1.When Yom Tov falls on erev Shabbat, the Sages…
- 2.The cooked food for the eruv must be at…
- 3.Two or three independent householders sharing one apartment must…
- 4.Hotel guests whose proprietor prepares an eruv tavshilin need…
- 5.Initially, the eruv must be set aside between the…
- 6.If an eruv was set aside with intent to…
- 7.The eruv dish may be roasted, boiled, pickled, or…
- 8.One may bake or cook for Shabbat only while…
- 9.Salted fish known as herring should not be used…
- 10.Even with a valid eruv, one should cook Shabbat…
- 11.When setting aside the eruv, one blesses, "Blessed are…
- 12.The declaration should mention the labors intended for Shabbat.…
- 13.Initially, the eruv is prepared before sunset on the…
- 14.One who remembers upon arriving at synagogue for Mincha…
- 15.Every Jew is obligated to prepare an eruv tavshilin…
- 16.One preparing eruv tavshilin and eruv chatzerot together recites…
- 17.If one transgressed and cooked several pots from Yom…
- 18.If one transgressed and cooked from the first festival…
- 19.The city's rabbi or neighborhood rabbi has a mitzvah…
- 20.If one's eruv is lost before cooking, he may…
- 21.One who forgot an eruv, where no city eruv…
- 22.When Yom Tov is Thursday and Friday, an eruv…
- 23.In the diaspora, one who remembers on the first…
- 24.An Israeli visitor abroad whose second diaspora day falls…
- 25.Women are also obligated in eruv tavshilin. A woman…
- 26.One may prepare an eruv for an unlearned neighbor…
- 27.Even one fasting on Yom Tov because of a…
- 28.A woman who ate meat on Yom Tov, even…
- 29.Similarly, a diabetic woman forbidden to eat foods containing…
- 30.Rice may be cooked on the seventh day of…
- 31.As explained above, even one who prepared all Yom…
- 32.When an eruv tavshilin remains intact and the declaration…
529Kiddush on Yom TovSiman 529 · 8 seifim
- 1.It is proper to treat Yom Tov night Kiddush…
- 2.The custom throughout the Jewish diaspora is to recite…
- 3.Those who recite the blessing "Who chose us from…
- 4.The primary ruling is to be stringent not to…
- 5.An Israeli visitor abroad who intends to return may…
- 6.Yom Tov should be divided: half for the study…
- 7.A person must eat bread by night and day…
- 8.One who omitted Havdalah after Yom Tov may make…
+Prayer on Yom Tov and Chol HaMoedSiman 529 (continued) · 10 seifim
- 1.The Jewish custom throughout the diaspora is to pray…
- 2.The Yom Tov Amidah concludes, "Who sanctifies Israel and…
- 3.One praying on Yom Tov who reaches Modim and…
- 4.Yom Tov Shacharit is prayed joyfully and melodically, with…
- 5.One uncertain whether he recited Hallel is not strictly…
- 6.Hallel may be recited all day from sunrise until…
- 7.When the Torah scroll is removed, some prayer leaders…
- 8.Additional people may be called to the Torah on…
- 9.One who omitted the festival's particular name from the…
- 10.A mourner within twelve months for a father or…