[Avodah] A NICE HOLIDAY VORT

[Ben Waxman]

The vort is based on the 1st Mishna in Perek 4 of Rosh Hashana. Yom Tov shel
RH sh'khal b'Shabbat . . . Why write "Yom Tov"? We already know that RH is a
Yom Tov. Rather, the Mishna is emphasizing that RH has a Yom Tov/Shabbat
aspect of pkuakh nefesh and therefore writing is only allowed to save
someone's life.

Ben
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chana Luntz" <chana at kolsassoon.org.uk>
 After all, on Shabbat
> > You have  decreed that one cannot write. How then, can You fulfill 'On
> Rosh Hashanah it is written down'?
>
> I clearly must be missing something.  Last I heard, writing was not
included
> in ochel nefesh, and prohibited on Yom Tov too, so this ought to be true
> every year.