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#It is forbidden to do melacha on erev pesach after mid-day. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 468:1. Mishna Berura 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. Biur 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. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 468:1. Mishna Berura 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. Biur 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 also forbidden to get a haircut or a shave unless by a non-Jew <ref> Mishna Berura 468:5 </ref>, to sew new clothing <ref> Rama 468:2 </ref>, | #It is also forbidden to get a haircut or a shave unless by a non-Jew <ref> Mishna Berura 468:5 </ref>, to sew new clothing <ref> Rama 468:2 </ref>, | ||
and to do laundry except by a non-jew after mid-day. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:7.</ref> Preferably one should also cut his nails before mid-day. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:5. Orchot Rabbeinu vol. 2 page 56 says this can be done without restrictions. </ref> All of the leniencies that apply to chol hamoed in these cases apply to erev pesach also. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:7. Rambam Hilchot Yom Tov 8:18 says that on erev pesach after chatzot it is asur to do melacha midirabanan like chol hamoed and it is more lenient than chol hamoed. </ref> | and to do laundry except by a non-jew after mid-day. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:7. Piskei Teshuvot 468:6 says that even for a Jew to use a washing machine is forbidden but says it is permitted to turn on the machine before mid-day even if it will do the washing afterwards. </ref> Preferably one should also cut his nails before mid-day. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:5. Orchot Rabbeinu vol. 2 page 56 says this can be done without restrictions. </ref> All of the leniencies that apply to chol hamoed in these cases apply to erev pesach also. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:7. Rambam Hilchot Yom Tov 8:18 says that on erev pesach after chatzot it is asur to do melacha midirabanan like chol hamoed and it is more lenient than chol hamoed. </ref> | ||
#It is permissible to iron clothes, polish shoes <ref> Orchot Rabbeinu vol. 2 page 56 </ref> sew buttons, or perform minor mending. <ref> Rama 468:2. Mishna Berura 468:8 writes that you can also do these things for others without pay. </ref> | #It is permissible to iron clothes, polish shoes <ref> Orchot Rabbeinu vol. 2 page 56. Shemirat Shabbat Kihilchita 42 note 139 says ironing is also allowed on chol hamoed. </ref> sew buttons, or perform minor mending even in a skilled manner. <ref> Rama 468:2. Mishna Berura 468:8 writes that you can also do these things for others without pay. </ref> | ||
===Before Chatzot=== | ===Before Chatzot=== | ||
#If the custom in the community is not to work before chatzot, then one should follow that custom. If the custom is to work, then one is permitted to work. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 468:3, Mishna Berura 468:12. </ref> Nowadays, the minhag is to work before chatzot. <ref> Chayei Adam 129:4, Aruch Hashulchan 468:5. </ref> | #If the custom in the community is not to work before chatzot, then one should follow that custom. If the custom is to work, then one is permitted to work. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 468:3, Mishna Berura 468:12. </ref> Nowadays, the minhag is to work before chatzot. <ref> Chayei Adam 129:4, Aruch Hashulchan 468:5. </ref> | ||
