[Avodah] yom tov sheini

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Thu Oct 23 03:34:28 PDT 2025


On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 05:10:40PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote:
> When rabbis discuss in a public shiur (vs in yeshiva) the need to observe
> yom tov sheini shel galiyot ISTM I often hear "hizharu bminhag avoteichem
> byadeichem" but not the follow on "zimnin dgazra hamalchut gzeira vati
> lkilkulei" (rashi  -- you'll forget how to do the calendar calculation and
> mess it up). Is this a conscious omission?

If it's a halakhah shiur given to balebatim, I could see a Rav not
trying to motivate the audience using an argument they don't expect
to apply to them.

People don't relate.

(In the past two years, though, I worry about how long things will stay
that way.)

Chodesh Tov!
Tir'u baTov!
-Micha
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