[Avodah] One day or two

[saul mashbaum]

See MiPninei HaRav p.103, from which one can deduce that RYBS at the very least considered holding 2 days YT a valid practice. The Shaarei Tshuva OH 496 cites a machloket acharonim as to whether a tourist holding 2 days can ask an Israeli to do m'lacha for him on YT sheni. RYBS held that this is definitely permissible, and that chazal never made a  gzeira of "amira l'Yisrael". RYBS said this is the same case as OH 263:17, where the SA says that one who holds "early Shabbat" may ask someone who has not accepted the Shabbat to do m'lacha for him.

AFAIK, the accepted practice in Israel regarding doing m'lacha for tourists on YT sheini is in accordance with the above position.

RYBS was in Israel for Shavuot of 1935 (5695), so the question of YT sheini in Israel was relevant to him on a personal basis. However, Shavuot that year was on Friday, making YT sheini Shabbat, so the question of m'lacha was not  relevant. I do not know if on that Shabbat RYBS davened just Shabbat davening, or Shabbat and YT. RYBS was married at the time of this trip, and I believe he had at least one child (Atara) then, but I do not know if his family accompanied him on the trip.

Saul Mashbaum
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