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# One shouldn’t eat [[Matzah]] before [[Pesach]] which was made without intent for the mitzvah of eating [[Matzah]]. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 8:3, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=2115 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com]</ref> | # One shouldn’t eat [[Matzah]] before [[Pesach]] which was made without intent for the mitzvah of eating [[Matzah]]. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 8:3, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=2115 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com]</ref> | ||
==Forbidden work on Erev Pesach== | ==Forbidden work on Erev Pesach== | ||
<p class="indent">On Erev [[Pesach]], one must refrain from performing melacha beginning at midday (and in some communities this prohibition begins already from sunrise)<ref>The Shulchan Aruch 468:3 cites both of these opinions and writes that the correct practice depends upon the custom of one’s community.</ref>. The explanation for this ruling is found in the Yerushalmi<ref>Cited in the Biur Halacha 468:1</ref> that explains that the day a personal korban is brought is treated as a [[Yom Tov]]. Since on Erev [[Pesach]] all Jews would offer a Korban [[Pesach]] they would treat the day as a [[Yom Tov]] by abstaining from melacha. Thus, even in the absence of [[korbanot]] today, the prohibition to perform melacha on Erev [[Pesach]] remains.<ref>Mishna Brurah 468:1</ref> Nonetheless, because this is a rabbinic prohibition the laws of forbidden melacha are no more stringent than those of Chol Ha’moed<ref>Mishna Brurah 468:6</ref>. Complete melachot are forbidden even if they are being performed for [[Pesach]]. Thus, for example, one should ensure to complete his laundry<ref>Nonetheless, Rav Ovadia Yosef (Yalkut Yosef 468:10) rules that ironing clothes and shining one’s shoes are permitted in preparation for [[Yom Tov]]. Likewise, he rules that one may start a washing machine before midday although it will certainly continue to run after midday (468:13).</ref> and haircutting before midday.</p> | |||
<p class="indent">The Shulchan Aruch cites two opinions regarding whether one may have a non-Jew perform melacha on his behalf on Erev [[Pesach]]. The Rama rules leniently.<ref>Rama 468:1</ref> Accordingly, the Mishna Berura writes that one may have a non-Jew cut his hair<ref>Mishna Brurah 458:5 The Mishna Brurah explains that tilting one’s head in this case is not a problem of mesayea (supporting the non-Jew in the melacha).</ref> or wash his clothes even after midday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 458. This is in contrast to Chol Ha’moed where melacha performed by a non-Jew is typically prohibited.</ref></p> | |||
===After Midday=== | ===After Midday=== | ||
#It is forbidden to do melacha on erev [[pesach]] after mid-day ([[Chatzot]]). <ref> Shulchan Aruch 468:1. Mishna Brurah 468:1 says based on a Yerushalmi quoted by Tosafot Pesachim 50a "makom shenahagu" that the reason for this is that it is when we brought korban [[pesach]] and the day which you bring a korban is a [[yom tov]] and work is forbidden midirabanan, and this prohibition applies nowadays even though we don't have the korban. Rashi there gives a different reason that we want people to be free to prepare for the seder and get rid of their chametz. Pnei Yehoshua there explains that it is because the rabbis gave erev [[pesach]] the status of [[chol hamoed]]. Beiur Halacha "mechatzot u'limala" says that according to Tosafot's reason if [[Pesach]] falls out on erev [[shabbat]], melacha is not prohibited until [[mincha]]. But he adds that for Rashi the prohibition would still apply even when [[Pesach]] falls out on erev [[shabbat]] it would still be forbidden after mid-day, but concludes that most poskim hold like tosafot so one doesn't need to be machmir. </ref> | #It is forbidden to do melacha on erev [[pesach]] after mid-day ([[Chatzot]]). <ref> Shulchan Aruch 468:1. Mishna Brurah 468:1 says based on a Yerushalmi quoted by Tosafot Pesachim 50a "makom shenahagu" that the reason for this is that it is when we brought korban [[pesach]] and the day which you bring a korban is a [[yom tov]] and work is forbidden midirabanan, and this prohibition applies nowadays even though we don't have the korban. Rashi there gives a different reason that we want people to be free to prepare for the seder and get rid of their chametz. Pnei Yehoshua there explains that it is because the rabbis gave erev [[pesach]] the status of [[chol hamoed]]. Beiur Halacha "mechatzot u'limala" says that according to Tosafot's reason if [[Pesach]] falls out on erev [[shabbat]], melacha is not prohibited until [[mincha]]. But he adds that for Rashi the prohibition would still apply even when [[Pesach]] falls out on erev [[shabbat]] it would still be forbidden after mid-day, but concludes that most poskim hold like tosafot so one doesn't need to be machmir. </ref> | ||
