Eliyahu Touger

SECTION 520 1 The laws regarding sweeping a house on a festival are the same as those that apply on Shabbos as explained in sec. 337[:2]. Consult that source. In that source, the Alter Rebbe rules: It is, however, forbidden to sweep [the earthen floor of]...

SECTION 510 Several Activities Forbidden to be Performed on a Festival and [the Possibility] of Performing Them When One Deviates [from his Ordinary Practice] (1-21) 1 [On a festival,] it is permitted to husk stalks of grain by hand Beitzah 12b. so that t...

SECTION 529 The Laws [Pertaining to] Rejoicing on a Festival (1-13) 1 Just as it is a mitzvah to honor the Shabbos and delight in it, so too, all the festivals [should be celebrated in such a manner, as alluded to by] the verse, Yeshayahu 58:13. See sec. ...

SECTION 528 The Laws [Pertaining to Establishing] Eruvin for Courtyards on a Festival (1-4) 1 Whether it is necessary to establish eruvin for courtyards and shitufin In this context, the term shituf refers to the halachic convention through which the resi...

SECTION 527 The Laws [Pertaining to] an Eruv Tavshilin (1-30) 1 Although it is forbidden to perform [any melachah,] even melachos associated with the preparation of food for the night after the festival [on the festival], Beitzah 17a; Pesachim 46b. See al...

SECTION 526 The Laws [Governing the Burial] of a Corpse on a Festival (1-22) 1 [The following laws apply when] the body of a deceased person must be buried [on a festival]: On the first day of the festival, a Jew should not perform [any of the melachos in...

SECTION 525 The Laws Pertaining to Loans on a Festival (1-2) 1 When a storekeeper sells [different] types of food and drink on a festival on credit, he may demand payment in [a court of] law on the following day Shabbos 148b. [if the purchaser does not se...

SECTION 524 Certain Prohibitions that Apply on a Festival (1) 1 Just as [all the following acts] are forbidden on Shabbos, so too, [all of these acts] are forbidden on a festival. One may not: climb a tree, Beitzah 36b. See also sec. 336:1, where the Alte...

SECTION 523 Laws that Apply regarding [Caring for] Livestock on a Festival (1-4) 1 We are permitted to remove fleas that attach themselves to [the skin of] an animal on a festival, although this [may] cause a wound. Nevertheless, since [the person] does n...

SECTION 522 Certain Entities that are Forbidden to Be Carried on a Festival (1-4) 1 A sightless person and an elderly person may not go out to the public domain or a karmelis [carrying] a cane Beitzah 25b. because this is a weekday practice and is [thus] ...