[Avodah] driving/taxi on chol hamoed

[Akiva Blum]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org 
> [mailto:avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org] On Behalf Of 
> Shoshana L. Boublil
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 8:13 PM
> To: avodah at lists.aishdas.org; eliturkel at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Avodah] driving/taxi on chol hamoed
> 
> > Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:46:03 +0300
> > From: Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com>
> 
> > I have a cousin who is restrained to a wheel chair and is 
> very immobile.
> > His son-in-law in Yerushalayim refuses to take a taxi to 
> Netanya on chol
> > hamoed unless they find a "poor" taxi driver.
> 
> > Does anyone know about teshuvot on using taxis (Jewish) on 
> chol hamoed
> > including  bikur cholim and kibud av mitzvot
> >
> > -- 
> > Eli Turkel
> ==================================
> 
> This is one case where the question provides the answer - 
> there is no such 
> thing as a rich taxi driver.
> 
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Poor is defined as , he has not enough money for the chag now. Not just that his
parnosa is not so great.

Shmiras Shabbos address the heter for taxis and buses during chol hamoed. From
what I recall, RSZA says that it' zhorech rabim.

Akiva