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Israel, even for a temporary stay, since the location [determines their
status], they are not subject to [the laws of] keeping the stringencies
of their original place [such as Yom Tov Sheni]. (Chacham Zvi
Siman 167)
As we see, according to the Chacham Zvi it is the present geographical
location alone that determines a person’s status. Not only is a Jew
who visits Eretz Yisrael for a festival exempt from observing Yom Tov
Sheni, but he is also forbidden to perform a mitzvah connected with
the festival on that day (such as kiddush) because of ףסות לב.
The view of the Chacham Zvi was practiced by the ancient Sephardic
communities and latter great Rabbis of Eretz Yisrael such as Rav
Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook.
One and a Half Days – A Possible Compromise?
HaGaon R. Shmuel Salant, who served as Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi in
Jerusalem and a leader of the Old Yishuv, concurred with the opinion
of the Chacham Zvi. According to his understanding, a guest staying
in Eretz Yisrael fulfills the words of the Talmud in Masechet Baitzah
regarding Yom Tov Sheni, “םכיתובא גהנמב ורהזה” (preserve the custom of
your forefathers), by practicing only one day of the festival, even if he
has the intention to return, since in earlier times when the Beit Din
sanctified the new moon, a visitor to Eretz Yisrael would observe one
festival day even though he may have come from a place that had a
two day custom 46 . Thus, today when the calendar is fixed, one should
not be any stricter regarding this observance. He also felt this was the
reason the Beit Yosef did not include his opinion of the Avkat Rochel
in the Shulchan Aruch. In deference to his teachers, Rabbi Salant did
not rule conclusively with the Chacham Zvi but instead incorporated
the stringencies of both the one and two day views. This ruling has
come to be known as the “one and a half day” opinion 47 .
According to this view, a visitor to Israel on Yom Tov Sheni does not
perform any of the mitzvahs related to the holiday, but neither does
he perform any melacha. In addition, on the eighth day of Pesach he
does not eat chametz. At the conclusion of the first day of the holiday,
46 Teichman, Rabbi T., Eretz HaZvi, Feldheim Publishers, 1996 pp. 78-9.
ג”י ןמיס ג”ח שדקמהו שדוקה ריע ןייע 47