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the visitor should listen to a ben Eretz Yisrael recite havdalah. On the following morning, he should recite the tefillah for Chol HaMoed and not for Yom Tov. In the previous generation, Rav Yosef Ber Solovechick desired to follow the opinion of the Chacham Zvi, but wished to respect the opinion of the Shulchan Aruch by abstaining from melacha 48 . Rabbi Moshe Feinstein writes explicitly against this opinion by stating that today we are actually stricter than ancient times when the Beit Din existed, by requiring a ben Chutz L’Aretz to observe Yom Tov Sheni in Israel since today we have the fixed calendar. Two and a Half Days – A Combination of All of the Above Rabbi Hershel Schacter, noted Talmudic scholar and current Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, states the custom of his family is to observe two full days of Yom Tov in accordance with the Shulchan Aruch, and to don tefillin without a bracha and to listen to havdalah at the end of the first day of Yom Tov out of concern for the opinion of the Chacham Zvi. He writes: “The rationale behind this practice is not to always be on the lookout for every possible chumra under the sun as some unlearned individuals have incorrectly understood; but rather to follow the classical majority view that visitors must observe two days and at the same time be tolerant enough to show respect for the minority view”. 49 The Status of an Israeli Guest outside the Land The Ruling of the Shulchan Aruch According to the Shulchan Aruch, when a traveler from Eretz Yisrael to Chutz L’Aretz has the intention to return to Eretz Yisrael, he retains his status of observing only the first day of the festival. However, due to dissension, he is forbidden to perform melacha in certain populated areas which would constitute a profanation of the holiday. The Shulchan Aruch writes the following: 48 See Rabbi Hershel Schacter’s article on Yom Tov Sheni, available on the Internet at http://www. torahweb.org/torah/special/2003/rsch_ytsheini.html 49 Ibid. 25 Chidushei Torah @ NDS
Yom Tov Sheni 26 ינש בוט-םויב הכאלמ תושעל םירוסא ,ץראל הצוחל ואבש לארשי ץרא ינב רזחל ותעד ןיא וליפא ,בושיל עיגה אלש ןמז-לכו .רוזחל ותעד וליפא בושיב )’ג ףיעס וצת ’ס ךורע ןחלוש( .ןתומכ תויהל עבקה אל ןידעש ,רתמ Residents of the land of Israel who come to the Diaspora are forbidden to perform melacha on Yom Tov Sheni in a settlement 50 , even if he has the intention to return. And the entire time he has not reached a settlement, even if he does not have the intention to return, it is permitted [to perform melacha], since he had not established himself to be like them [the residents of the new place]. (Shulchan Aruch 496:3) When one is in a settlement, the performance of melacha is forbidden independent of his intention of returning. However, while en-route to the settlement or while in the wilderness melacha is permitted. There are different circumstances that dictate under which conditions melacha can be performed which will be discussed later in this article. The Opinion of the Shulchan Aruch HaRav According to the Shulchan Aruch HaRav, a resident from the Land of Israel who visits the Diaspora is obligated to keep Yom Tov Sheni in its entirety. This opinion is based on a mystical understanding of the dependence of Yom Tov Sheni on location which can be found in the Zohar51 . He writes the following: בוט םויו תבש השודקו הליפתו ש”קבש םינוילע םידוחיו הלעמלש ןוצר תע יכ יוארה ונמז םוקמו םוקמ לכל הטמל ריאמ קר ,ןמזהו םוקמה רדגמ הלעמל אוה ינב םג ןכלו ,ג”ש ינש ט”ויב ל”וחב הנוילע השודק הרושש םעטה ןכ םג והזו ,ול ברה ךורע ןחלש( ”רוזחל םתעדש ףא םויה תשודקב םיבייח ל”וחל םיאבה י”רא )’ח ףיעס ’א ’יס ת”ודהמ The proper time for the [spiritual] elements of reciting of Shema and tefillah and in the Sabbath and festival are beyond the boundaries of time and space. And [their] downward [spiritual] illumination is directed to each place [on earth] according to 50 According to the Mishnah Brurah and others the term “settlement” (בושי) refers to a town that has Jews. For there will be no dissension or belittlement of Yom Tov Sheni without the presence of any native Jews. Therefore, according to the Shulchan Aruch, melacha is permitted on Yom Tov Sheni in a non-Jewish town. .ונ ףד רומא ’פ רהוזב ןייע 51
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