[Avodah] 2nd day Y"T

[Daniel Eidensohn]

23 Nisan 5766

*Keeping 1 or 2 days Yom Tov in Israel
Rabbi Jonathan Blass *

*Question:*
A tourist from America, is there any rationale for him keeping only 1 
day Yom Tov when in Israel?


*Answer:*
The Chacham Tzvi (Shu"t Chacham Tzvi 167) believes that even a tourist 
should observe only one day of Yom Tov when he is in Israel. The 
rationale for this is that even when the calendar was set month after 
month by the Sanhedrin on the basis of witnesses who testified to seeing 
the new moon, someone who lived far from Jerusalem would keep a second 
day of Yom Tov only on those Yamim Tovim when he was at home and did not 
know when the new moon was seen. In a year when he was in Israel he 
would keep one day. Today, if the entire community outside of israel 
moved to Israel it would keep only one day for this reason.
Most poskim did not accept the opinion of the Chacham Tzvi. Harav Shlomo 
Zalman Auerbach (Shu"t MInchat Shlomo I 19) explains the reason for 
this: the decision to keep a second day outside of Israel even at a time 
when the Jewish calendar is permanently set and no doubt exists anywhere 
in the world as to the Jewish date, binds the resident of "chutz 
laaretz" (lands outside of Israel) wherever he may be, even when he is 
in Israel.
One is commanded of course to come on aliya and keep one day. If however 
fulfilling this mitzva is for some reason impossible, a tourist should 
keep two days in Israel in line with the majority opinion.


Richard Wolpoe wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Rich, Joel <JRich at sibson.com 
> <mailto:JRich at sibson.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     *======================================*
>     *Question - I assume this is based on the Chacham Tzvi which iirc
>     was based on the makom being gorem so ben C"L doesn't observe 2nd
>     day in aretz but does that also mean that you're kovea your status
>     at the beginning of the day for the whole day so shinui makom
>     makes no difference (except in mazal :-)?
>
>     KT J*
>     *Joel Rich*
>
>  
> I know the Chacahm Zvi says this, but I cannot find the Teshuva [I 
> have  TWO editions  BTW]
> Does anyone know the precise Tehsuva #?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
> RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
> see: http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/
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