Laws of Yom Tov

The following laws apply, beginning Wednesday September 26, at 6:28pm until Friday night. Then we have Shabbat and the regular laws of Shabbat apply. These laws apply again beginning Wednesday October 3rd at 6:17pm until that Friday night.

A) Any work that is not allowed to be done on Shabbat should not be done on a yom tov (holiday), with some exceptions. Yom Tov differs from Shabbat with regard to cooking, carrying and lighting a fire. But these things have a special way in which you are allowed to do it in.

B) Cooking is allowed only if you are cooking for that day. You are not allowed on the first day of Yom Tov to cook for the second day. For example, on Thursday you are not allowed to cook food for Friday. Since in the Jewish calendar the day begins at night we are not allowed to cook on Thursday day for Thursday night, we can cook for Thursday night only after 7:25pm. This year since we have Shabbat following Yom Tov we are required to do eruv tavshilin. Eruv Tavshilin allows you to cook on Yom Tov for Shabbat. You do Eruv Tavshilin by taking a roll of bread and a cooked egg and saying the following blessing: baruch Atah Hashem Elo’kay’nu Melech Ha’Olam, Asher Kidishanu Be’Mitzvotav V’Ti’vanu Al Mitzvat Eruv. After saying the blessing you should say “With this , I’m making and Eruv, so that I can cook on Yom Tov For Shabbat”. This roll of bread and egg should then be eaten on Shabbat day, with the meal. Eruv Tavshilin should be done on Wednesday, September 26, and Wednesday October 3rd, in the afternoon.


C) Carrying is allowed only if you are carrying what you will need. For example, if you need keys then you can carry them but you have to make sure to use them, and to carry only the key needed, ( no key chains or keys that you wont need). Same goes for everything that you need ex. Food, clothing etc. Best if you carry with a difference, meaning not to carry the way you would everyday, but do it with a change.

D) Lighting a fire is allowed only to be lit from a pre-existing fire. You can light the stove only if you have a pilot stove, meaning that if there is a fire already burning only then can you light. It is also forbidden to extinguish a fire. And once the fire is lit it should not be lowered you can only higher the flame. If you don’t have a pilot stove then light a 24 hour candle so then you can light from it. If you need to turn off a flame, then you can by boiling water and having the water spill over and put out the flame and then you can turn the knob on off.

E) Laws with washing dishes is as follows: you are not suppose to wash dishes on the first day of Yom Tov in order to be used for the second day. Therefore you can wash the dishes before using them.

F) You are not allowed to carry, cook, or light a fire for a non-Jew.

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