<div dir="auto"><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 10, 2017 1:40 PM, "Micha Berger via Avodah" <<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>> wrote...<blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> 1. Tearing toilet paper is melacha<br>
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> 2. Melacha is forbidden on chol hamoed<br>
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> 3. One of the permits for doing melacha is for tzorech hamoed, but in this<br>
> case, if possible you should do the melacha before the chag<br>
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> 4. Therefore, you should tear toilet paper for 7 or 8 days before the<br>
> beginning of Pesach and Sukkot.<br>
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> 5. If you find yourself on chol hamoed without pre-torn toilet paper, you<br>
> can tear it, however preferably not on the lines.<br>
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> Am I crazy?<br></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Not at all.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please see Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchasa perek 66 footnote 78.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">RSZA was machmir for himself, though the author suggests that nowdays it would be unnecessary.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Akiva</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div></div></div></div>