[Avodah] CARRYING ON YOM TOV: IS IT ALWAYS PERMITTED?

[Professor L. Levine via Avodah]

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QUESTION: Since it is forbidden to carry on Shabbos, some people install combination locks on their doors so that they can lock and unlock their homes without carrying a key. On Yom Tov, however, when it is permitted to carry under certain circumstances, many people carry their house-keys and do not use their combination locks. Is carrying a house-key permitted on Yom Tov when one has a combination lock?

DISCUSSION: It is forbidden according to all views and could be a violation of Torah Law. There is a common misconception concerning the Labor of Carrying on Yom Tov; many people are under the assumption that all carrying is permitted. In fact, this is not true. To better understand the specifics of this halachah, we need to distinguish between three different types of carrying, each with its own set of halachos:

1)-Carrying for a positive Yom Tov purpose - permitted
2)-Carrying for no purpose - prohibited
3)-Carrying for a "preventive" purpose - questionable

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