1. Is it allowed to take food out of the freezer on Shabbos for the second day of Rosh Hashanah? 2. How am I supposed to set up candles and when do I light them for the second day? 3. When should I eat Suda Shlishit?

Shalom, Thank you for your question. 1. There is good grounds to be lenient and allow one to remove a frozen food from the freezer on the first day of Yom Tov in order that it be edible the following evening. This is true even when the first day is Shabbat. (The leniency is based on the opinions that state that merely moving an object from one place to another is not forbidden preparation (see Chiaya Adam 153:6). Also the opinions that allow preparing something that is not being done just to save time on Motzie Shabbat, but because it could not be done at all one Motzie Shabbat (see Chazon Ovadya, Shabbat vol 2, p 447). Also, because the food will be eaten for a mitzavh (ibid).). There are those who are strict, but again, there are good grounds to be lenient. One should however be careful not to say or act in a way that it is clear that this is for the next night – for example don’t say “Let’s defrost the food for dinner now”. Rather, it should be done quietly, and earlier in the day, so it may appear to be for a later afternoon meal. 2. Because the first day is Shabbat, one cannot touch candles one Shabbat at all. Rather, wait until Shabbat has finished at three stars appear in the sky (the time will be on a Jewish calendar for your location), then say “Baruch ha’mavdil bein kodesh l’kodesh”. After this, you can set up new candles and light them by transferring a flame from an existing flame you lit before Shabbat (on Friday before Shabbat candle lighting). That means you need to be prepared! You will have to purchase a “memorial candle” which comes in a cup like container, and stays lit for around 25 hours. You will light this just before lighting the Shabbat / Yom Tov candles on Friday evening. Then, on Saturday night (after nightfall – and if you are in doubt, wait until it’s really dark – there’s no rush) take a match and put it into the flame of the memorial candle. Then use it to light your second day Rosh HaShona candles. Be careful not to blow the match out – just put it down on a plate or ashtray, and it will go out itself. 3. The third meal on Shabbat, the first day of Rosh HaShona this year, is a tricky one. You should eat it, but also make sure you leave room to eat the evening meal that follows with an appetite. There are a few options. If you finish shule early enough, you can eat lunch, have a nice break, (ideally daven mincha – but the shule probably won’t be davening then, so it’s better to daven with a minyan later), then wash and eat a (smallish) meal before the last quarter of the day (in Jerusalem this year that’s around 3.30 pm). This way you’ll be hungry again for dinner. If you didn’t make it in time, you should still wash (as long as it’s before sunset), but eat only a minimal amount of bread so you really make sure there’s room for dinner. If your shule finishes latter, and there isn’t time for two meals, you could break your day meal in half. That is, make kiddush and wash, and eat the first course. Then bench, take a little break (maybe a short stroll outside for a few minutes), and then wash again and eat the rest of the meal as your Sudat Shilshit. Again – make sure you leave room for dinner. May you be blessed with a great Shana Tova!