- Shabbat and Holidays
- Chol Hamoed
New shirt on Chol Hamoed
Question
One needs a shirt for Yom Tov. It is now Chol Hamoed....is it preferable to wash or buy a shirt?
Answer
It is preferable to buy a new shirt rather than to laundry. The reason is that there is a dispute amongst the Poskim whether doing a Melacha on Chol Hamoed is an Isur Mideoraita or Miderabanan. However, purchasing items on Chol Hamoed is definitely a decree of Chazal which is less severe. Therefore, for Yom Tov purchasing is permitted in such a case.
Rabbi Yitzchak Grinblat

Chol Hamoed - Construction
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 30 Nisan 5765

Shaving/Laundry During Chol HaMoed
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tishrei 25, 5770

Purchases during Chol Hamoed
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 24 Nisan 5767

Potential wedding date
Various Rabbis | 9 Kislev 5763

Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.

Yoatzot Halachot
15 Kislev 5763

What is happening to me?
4 Cheshvan 5763

The Blessing of keeping The Laws of Niddah
15 Cheshvan 5763

Potential wedding date
9 Kislev 5763
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770

Eating in Shiurim
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 7, 5775

Eating in Shiurim
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 7, 5775

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

chelev oblation
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Elul 25, 5783

Investing in a Corporate Bond ETF
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tishrei 12, 5784
Blessings and Bnei Noach
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tishrei 4, 5784
