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<P>See MiPninei HaRav p.103, from which one can deduce that RYBS at the very least considered holding 2 days YT a valid practice. The Shaarei Tshuva OH 496 cites a machloket acharonim as to whether a tourist holding 2 days can ask an Israeli to do m'lacha for him on YT sheni. RYBS held that this is definitely permissible, and that chazal never made a gzeira of "amira l'Yisrael". RYBS said this is the same case as OH 263:17, where the SA says that one who holds "early Shabbat" may ask someone who has not accepted the Shabbat to do m'lacha for him.<BR></P>
<P>AFAIK, the accepted practice in Israel regarding doing m'lacha for tourists on YT sheini is in accordance with the above position.<BR></P>
<P>RYBS was in Israel for Shavuot of 1935 (5695), so the question of YT sheini in Israel was relevant to him on a personal basis. However, Shavuot that year was on Friday, making YT sheini Shabbat, so the question of m'lacha was not relevant. I do not know if on that Shabbat RYBS davened just Shabbat davening, or Shabbat and YT. RYBS was married at the time of this trip, and I believe he had at least one child (Atara) then, but I do not know if his family accompanied him on the trip.<BR></P>
<P>Saul Mashbaum<BR></P></BODY>