[Avodah] Yom Tov Sheni for Olim LeReget to the Beit Mikdash

[Zev Sero]

Daniel Israel wrote:
> Quoting "Shoshana L. Boublil" <toramada at bezeqint.net>:
>> I was wondering if there are any sources that discussed how Olim
>> LeRegel from Egypt or Bavel handled the issue of Yom Tov Sheni when
>> they came to Beit HaMikdash.
>>
>> Was it an issue?
> 
> I was under the impression that during the time that YT sheni was a 
> gezeirah, as opposed to minhag avos, that is, before the fixed calendar

You have that backwards.  Before the fixed calendar it was a practise
(minhag, if you like) based on the existence of a safek de'oraisa.
The gezeira "hachaziku minhag avoteichem biydeichem" came *after* the
introduction of the fixed calendar.

 
> that you went according to the place you are in. [...] 
> Isn't this the basis of the Chacham Tzvi's psak that everyone keeps one 
> day in EY?

Indeed.


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