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===Degradation of the holiday=== | ===Degradation of the holiday=== | ||
# Certain activities must be limited to avoid degradation of the holiday. For this reason, even when commercial activity is permitted it should be done in private. <ref>Beiur Halacha 539 s.v. Eino Mutar, quoted by Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 8) </ref> | |||
#Certain activities must be limited to avoid degradation of the holiday. For this reason, even when commercial activity is permitted it should be done in private. <ref>Beiur Halacha 539 s.v. Eino Mutar, quoted by Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 8) </ref> | # For example, it’s forbidden to paint one’s apartment on Chol HaMoed to improve its appearance. <ref>Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 8) in name of Rav Moshe Feinstein. Or Letzion 3:24:6 writes that it is permitted to have a non-Jewish painter paint a yeshiva during Chol Hamoed if it isn't possible another time because it would interrupt the learning.</ref> | ||
#For example, it’s forbidden to paint one’s apartment on Chol HaMoed to improve its appearance. <ref>Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 8) in name of Rav Moshe Feinstein. </ref> | |||
===Which Melachot are entirely permitted?=== | ===Which Melachot are entirely permitted?=== | ||
