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Yom Tov Sheni
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Sheni in a place that does not perform work] in the case where
we know the establishment of the new month? [The Talmud
answers:] In a settlement we do not perform [work] because a
deviation in the local norm would cause conflict. (Masechet
Pesachim 51b-52a)
There is a difference in opinion between Rashi and Tosfot in interpreting
the above passage with regard to performing labor in private for one
who plans to return to his original locale. Rashi interprets the words
אנדיבע אל בושייב to mean not deviating from the local custom where they
[the people of the place] can see [the performance of the act] 69 , implying
that work is permitted in private. Tosfot, on the other hand, forbids
melacha because unlike other things, it is impossible to conceal 70 .
The disagreement between Rashi and Tosfot continued among the
Achronim who are found on the pages of the Shulchan Aruch. The
Taz rules like Rashi, that this is a case of a person who changes
locations and he can perform melacha if it is done in private. The
Magen Avraham, however, disagrees and says while he acknowledges
that in all other cases one can be lenient when performing melacha
in private, because of the greatness of [the minhag of] Yom Tov Sheni
since it was accepted by the entire Diaspora, one should be strict
in this matter. Thus, Yom Tov Sheni is an exception to the rule. The
Mishna Brurah also rules like the opinion of the Magen Avraham and
forbids melacha even in private 71 .
The Pnei Yehoshua asks why Tosfot rules strictly and answers by
saying that in the case of Yom Tov Sheni there is an issue of uncertainty
regarding Yom Tov which has Torah prohibitions of performing work,
whereas working on the morning of erev Pesach 72 is just a minhag 73 .
The Talmud in Masechet Pesachim continues with another question:
רתומ רבדמב רוסא בושייב ימא בר רמא יכה היל רמא ,יאמ רבדמב
).דנ םיחספ תכסמ(
אנדיבע אל בושייב ה”ד .בנ םיחספ תכסמ 69
”םירבד ראש ומכ אעינצב הכאלמל רשפא אלד רוזחל ותעד וליפאו אעניצב וליפא“ איה תופסות לש ןושל 70
ז”י ק”ס ח”סת ןמיס הרורב הנשמ ןייע 71
72 Performing work on erev Pesach was the subject of the Mishnah in Pesachim 50a brought above.
םיקלוחה תעד איבהש ו”צת ןמיס ח”ואב שדח ירפ רפסב תוכיראב ןייעו 73