- 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

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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.

Yam Hamelach
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I love pork
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Yoatzot Halachot
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Mezzuzah for Non Jew
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Naming a baby girl Romi
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Backyard Eruv
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Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770

Revising Nachem on Tisha bAv after 6 Day War
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 5, 5782

Amusement Park on Shabbat
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Av 5, 5782

A Middle Name that Won’t be/Isn’t Used
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 11, 5782
