[Avodah] atchalta de-geula

[Eli Turkel]

<< Atchalta d'geula, in my opinion, is irrelevant halakhically.
The halakha doesn't change just because someone labels the period in
that way.>>

In a different context RHS disagrees. I just went to a shiur of his on
sunday in which
he discussed whether YH and Yom Yerushalayim would be prohibited by Baal
Tosif of adding a new holiday. He brought several proofs that anything that
celebrates an event connected
to the Bet Hamikdash is allowed, as seen in megillat taanit. Today we have
chanukah
which is obviously connected to the bet hamikdash. However, the question is
why is Purim allowed?
Several achronim answer that even though Purim occurred before the building
of the second bet hamikdash nevertheless the rabbis felt that the geula was
coming (atchalta de-geula) and this
was enough to allow Purim to be established. The Netivot goes a step further
and says
that originally Purim was forbidden for melacha. However, when they saw that
the Bet Hamikdash
was not built they still kept Purim but allowed Melacha.

Thus, . Schachter's conclusion is that anyone who believes that we are in an
era of atchalta de-geula can celebrate YH and YY without any problems with
ball tosif. He also pointed out that the concept of atchalta de-geula is an
old one and did not originate with HaRav Kook

-- 
Eli Turkel
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