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# It’s forbidden to launder clothing, towels, linens, or tablecloths on Chol HaMoed as the rabbis prohibited this so that people would prepare properly before the holiday. <ref >S”A 534:1, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 34) </ref> | # It’s forbidden to launder clothing, towels, linens, or tablecloths on Chol HaMoed as the rabbis prohibited this so that people would prepare properly before the holiday. <ref >S”A 534:1, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 34) </ref> | ||
# It’s also forbidden to launder clothing in a washing machine. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) </ref> | # It’s also forbidden to launder clothing in a washing machine. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) </ref> | ||
# If a child’s clothing are insufficient because they are soiled frequently it’s permissible to launder them on Chol HaMoed. <ref> Mishna | # If a child’s clothing are insufficient because they are soiled frequently it’s permissible to launder them on Chol HaMoed. <ref> Mishna Brurah 534:11 and Aruch HaShulchan 534:8. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Shulchan Shlomo 534:3 says that this age is until at most 6 or 7 years old. </ref> If one is [[laundering]] them in a machine one may wash a full load of children’s clothing but adult’s clothing may not be added. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 32) </ref> | ||
# One may launder guests' sheets and towels on Chol HaMoed. <ref>[http://www.shemayisrael.com/parsha/ostroff/archives/shabbos6_21.htm Weekly Hilchos Shabbos Shemini] quoting Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata (66 note 263)</ref> | # One may launder guests' sheets and towels on Chol HaMoed. <ref>[http://www.shemayisrael.com/parsha/ostroff/archives/shabbos6_21.htm Weekly Hilchos Shabbos Shemini] quoting Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata (66 note 263)</ref> | ||
# Chazal did not make an exception for someone who was sick and was unable to do laundry before the holiday and forbid him as well. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 534:2, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) </ref> | # Chazal did not make an exception for someone who was sick and was unable to do laundry before the holiday and forbid him as well. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 534:2, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) </ref> | ||
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* Other rishonim argue and hold that [[Chol HaMoed]] does not constitute a "sign" in which case [[tefillin]] must be laid on Hol HaMoed. These Rishonim include: Rambam, Rosh (Hilchot [[Tefillin]] 16), Or Zarua 1:589, and Maharam of Rothenburg cited by the Mordechai. | * Other rishonim argue and hold that [[Chol HaMoed]] does not constitute a "sign" in which case [[tefillin]] must be laid on Hol HaMoed. These Rishonim include: Rambam, Rosh (Hilchot [[Tefillin]] 16), Or Zarua 1:589, and Maharam of Rothenburg cited by the Mordechai. | ||
* The Bet Yosef writes that the minhag of Sephardim is not to wear [[Tefillin]] on Chol HaMoed based on Kabbalistic sources. This is also the opinion of the Vilna Gaon (Bi'ur ha-Gra Orach Chayim 31:2 s.v. V’yesh Omrim). | * The Bet Yosef writes that the minhag of Sephardim is not to wear [[Tefillin]] on Chol HaMoed based on Kabbalistic sources. This is also the opinion of the Vilna Gaon (Bi'ur ha-Gra Orach Chayim 31:2 s.v. V’yesh Omrim). | ||
* The Tur (Siman 31) quotes some rishonim who are uncertain whether one must lay [[tefillin on Chol HaMoed]] and concludes that one should wear [[Tefillin]] without a Bracha. These opinions include the Ritva (Eruvin 96a), Smag (Eruvin 153), Meiri (Moed Katan 18b), and Taz 31:2. The Mishna | * The Tur (Siman 31) quotes some rishonim who are uncertain whether one must lay [[tefillin on Chol HaMoed]] and concludes that one should wear [[Tefillin]] without a Bracha. These opinions include the Ritva (Eruvin 96a), Smag (Eruvin 153), Meiri (Moed Katan 18b), and Taz 31:2. The Mishna Brurah recommends that on Hol Hamoed one make a mental stipulation before donning [[tefillin]]: If I am obligated to don [[tefillin]] I intend to fulfill my obligation and if I am not obligated to don [[tefillin]], my doing so should not be considered as fulfilling any obligation; and that the blessing not be recited. The Rama writes that the Ashkenazic custom is to wear [[Tefillin]] with a Bracha which is to be made in an undertone. See further: [http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/tefillinONmoed.htm Rabbi Jachter on koltorah.org].</ref>Someone who doesn’t have a minhag should not wear [[Tefillin]] on Chol haMoed. <Ref>Sh”t Teshuvot VeHanhagot 2:332 </ref> | ||
# One who wears [[Tefillin]] should stipulate before wearing the [[Tefillin]] that if there’s an obligation then I wish to fulfill that obligation, and if not, I have no intention of fulfilling the mitzvah with my action. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 31:8 </ref> | # One who wears [[Tefillin]] should stipulate before wearing the [[Tefillin]] that if there’s an obligation then I wish to fulfill that obligation, and if not, I have no intention of fulfilling the mitzvah with my action. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 31:8 </ref> | ||
# If one wears [[Tefillin]] on Chol HaMoed one shouldn’t wear [[Tefillin]] of Rabbenu Tam (even if one usually wears [[Tefillin]] of Rabbenu Tam). <Ref> Mishna Brurah 31:8 </ref> | # If one wears [[Tefillin]] on Chol HaMoed one shouldn’t wear [[Tefillin]] of Rabbenu Tam (even if one usually wears [[Tefillin]] of Rabbenu Tam). <Ref> Mishna Brurah 31:8 </ref> | ||
