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==Preparation for [[Yom Tov]] 30 Days in Advance== | ==Preparation for [[Yom Tov]] 30 Days in Advance== | ||
# | # Thirty days before [[Sukkot]] or [[Pesach]] one should start learning the halachot of [[Sukkot]] or [[Pesach]] respectively.<ref>In Gemara Pesachim 6a, the rabbis hold that one should begin to learn Hilchot [[Pesach]] thirty days in advance of [[Pesach]], whereas Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel holds that this idea only begins 2 weeks before Pesach. The rabbis learn this idea from Moshe who taught the laws of [[Pesach]] Sheni thirty days in advance which was the first [[Pesach]]. Shulchan Aruch O.C. 429:1 rules like the opinion of the rabbis. Mishna Brurah 429:1 writes that according to Rashi, Tosfot, and the Gra the same is true of other Yamim Tovim such as [[Sukkot]], however, according to the Bet Yosef there is only a thirty day period in reference to [[Pesach]].</ref> For Shavuot, many rabbis hold that it isn't necessary to prepare for 30 days, and preparing from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Sivan is sufficient.<ref>Gra, Mishna Brurah 429:1</ref> | ||
# Some rishonim understand this concept one should actually learn, teach his family members, and teach in public the laws of the upcoming holiday.<ref>Biur Halacha 429:1 citing the opinion of Rashi, Tosfot Megillah 4a, Shiltot, Bahag all understand the concept of the gemara to be an injunctive to learn and teach the laws of the upcoming holidays 30 days in advance. Biur Halacha claims that the opinion of the Ran and Rashba are a minority opinion.</ref> Other rishonim say that it isn't necessary to stop one's regular learning to learn the halacha of the upcoming holiday; rather if a question about the halacha's of that holiday is posed one should give it precedence and answer it completely.<ref>Ran Pesachim 2b s.v. shoalin, Rashba Megillah 4a s.v. shoalin, Meor Yisrael Pesachim 6a citing Maharam Chalavah and Ritva Megillah 4a.</ref> Ashkenazim hold like the first opinion,<ref>Biur Halacha 429:1 rules in favor of the Rashi and Tosfot against the Ran. This is reiterated in Mishna Brurah 429:2.</ref> while Sephardim hold like the second.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 1) explains that the halacha in Gemara Pesachim 6a is relevant in regards to the laws established in Tosefta Sanhedrin 7:5 which state that a person should ask relevant questions and a relevant question has precedence over the irrelevant questions. Meor Yisrael Pesachim 6a also notes how this opinion of the Ran and Rashba isn't a lone opinion.</ref> | |||
#All agree that on the holiday itself one should learn the halachot of that holiday.<ref>Gemara [[Megillah]] 32b states that one should learn the halachot of [[Sukkot]] on [[Sukkot]]. Mishna Brurah 429:1 quotes this as halacha.</ref> The minhag is not to be so careful to ensure that there are lectures of the halacha of the holiday even on the holiday itself and some question this.<ref>Shaar Hatziyun 429:5 writes that the achronim who defended the minhag to neglect this directive of chazal to teach the laws of the upcoming and current holiday is based on the fact that we read about the holiday on the holiday in the [[Kriyat Hatorah]]. The Shaar Hatziyun dismisses this suggestion considering that the mitzvah is to learn the halacha of the upcoming and current holiday and learning the pesukim isn't the halacha.</ref> | |||
==Erev [[Yom Tov]]== | ==Erev [[Yom Tov]]== | ||
