[Avodah] Subject: Tircha yeteira

[Danny Schoemann]

R' Joel Rich asked:

Over yom tov someone told me of a psak not to have non bnei brit at a
yom tov dinner even if food preparation was not an issue, due to
tircha yeteira of serving ?  Anyone have a working definition of
tircha yeteira on a micro level which would support this(but not
disallow almost any extra effort in other venues?)

The "source" of this is OC 512:1 which does not refer to "serving" but
to cooking; the Heter of cooking on Yom Tov is based on LoChem - for
you - which excludes doing Melacha for non bnei brit and (512:3) ofot
veKelavim.

Actually one may have ones non bnei brit servants at the meal as well
as any non bnei brit who were not invited but just happened to be
there - so serving is not the issue, cooking more food is.

Same reasoning is given in 518:1 where carrying outside for a non bnei
brit is forbidden.

(By the size of the Biur Halocho you will see that the above is superficial.)

The Kitzur SA learners will have happened upon this Halocho in KSA 98:36

- Danny