[Avodah] One Day or Two?

[Prof. L. Levine]

From

https://ohr.edu/this_week/insights_into_halacha/7073

What is a Chutznik in Eretz Yisrael to Do?


Although the famed Chacham Tzvi, and later the Shulchan Aruch Harav, ruled that even one merely visiting Eretz Yisrael over Yom Tov should keep only one day of Yom Tov like the natives (to paraphrase: ‘when in Israel, do as the Israelis do’),[7]<https://ohr.edu/7073#_edn7> nevertheless, the vast majority of halachic authorities, including the Shulchan Aruch himself and even the Chacham Tzvi’s own son, Rav Yaakov Emden, maintained that vistors’ status is dependant on whether or not their intention is to stay and live in Eretz Yisrael, or to return to Chutz La’aretz, known as ‘im da’atam lachzor’.[8]<https://ohr.edu/7073#_edn8>

This dictum is based on Gemara Pesachim (51a - b) regarding Rabba Bar Bar Chana, Rav Ashi, and Rav Safra. As elucidated by the Shulchan Aruch in his responsa (Shu”t Avkas Rochel 26), anyone who has Da’as Lachzor, intention to return, maintains his original status as if he were still in the place from ‘whence he came’.[9<https://ohr.edu/7073#_edn9>

Practically, this means that if one is planning on living in Eretz Yisrael he would keep only one day of Yom Tov. Correspondingly, if planning on returning to Chutz La’aretz, one must still observe a two-day Yom Tov, even while currently staying in Eretz Yisrael.

See the above URL for much more.

Professor Yitzchok Levine



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