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# It’s permissible to do melachot in order to prepare food for the holiday (from one day of Chol HaMoed to another day of Chol HaMoed or from Chol HaMoed to Yom Tov). <ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 37) </ref>
# It’s permissible to do melachot in order to prepare food for the holiday (from one day of Chol HaMoed to another day of Chol HaMoed or from Chol HaMoed to Yom Tov). <ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 37) </ref>
# It’s permissible even if the melacha was deliberately pushed off to doing it on Chol HaMoed. <Ref> S”A 533:1 </ref>
# It’s permissible even if the melacha was deliberately pushed off to doing it on Chol HaMoed. <Ref> S”A 533:1 </ref>
# If one has adequate supply of the specific food one shouldn’t cook that food on Chol HaMoed unless the fresher food will be tastier. <Ref> S”A 533:1 writes that if one already has flour one should not ground new flour; however, even if one has bread one may cook new bread since hot bread is tastier. So rules Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 37) </ref>
# If one has adequate supply of the specific food one shouldn’t cook that food on Chol HaMoed unless the fresher food will be tastier. <Ref> S”A 533:1 writes that if one already has flour one should not ground new flour; however, even if one has bread one may cook new bread since hot bread is tastier. Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 37) agrees.</ref>
# It’s permissible to take wages for cooking on Chol HaMoed food that’s needed for the holiday, however, it’s preferable to have a non-Jewish cook do it. <ref>Buir Halacha 542, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 36) </ref>
# It’s permissible to take wages for cooking on Chol HaMoed food that’s needed for the holiday, however, it’s preferable to have a non-Jewish cook do it. <ref>Buir Halacha 542, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 36) </ref>
# It’s permissible to fish on Chol HaMoed or to pick fruit on Chol Hamoed with intent to eat the fish or fruit. It’s permissible to fish or pick fruit abundantly so that one will be able to choose the choicest among them to eat. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 38). S”A 537:15 regarding fruits, Mishna Brurah 533:14, 18 regarding fish. </ref>
# It’s permissible to fish on Chol HaMoed or to pick fruit on Chol Hamoed with intent to eat the fish or fruit. It’s permissible to fish or pick fruit abundantly so that one will be able to choose the choicest among them to eat. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 38). S”A 537:15 regarding fruits, Mishna Brurah 533:14, 18 regarding fish. </ref>