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<p style="text-indent: 2em">One may not shower on [[Yom Tov]] with water heated on [[Yom Tov]], however, one may shower with water heated before [[Yom Tov]] as long as it is not in a bathhouse. One may shower on [[Yom Tov]] Sheni with water heated by an electric heater on [[Yom Tov]] Rishon, provided there is no incoming cold water that will be heated as it enters the tank. Water that was heated in a solar boiler (common in Israel) is considered like water that was heated before [[Yom Tov]] and one could shower one’s whole body in them on [[Yom Tov]]. <ref>Rav Ovadyah Yosef (Chazon Ovadya [[Yom Tov]] p. 41 and p. 157), Yalkut Yosef [[Shabbat]] Volume 4 Siman 326 page 58 </ref></p> | <p style="text-indent: 2em">One may not shower on [[Yom Tov]] with water heated on [[Yom Tov]], however, one may shower with water heated before [[Yom Tov]] as long as it is not in a bathhouse. One may shower on [[Yom Tov]] Sheni with water heated by an electric heater on [[Yom Tov]] Rishon, provided there is no incoming cold water that will be heated as it enters the tank. Water that was heated in a solar boiler (common in Israel) is considered like water that was heated before [[Yom Tov]] and one could shower one’s whole body in them on [[Yom Tov]]. <ref>Rav Ovadyah Yosef (Chazon Ovadya [[Yom Tov]] p. 41 and p. 157), Yalkut Yosef [[Shabbat]] Volume 4 Siman 326 page 58 </ref></p> | ||
<p style="text-indent: 2em"> | <p style="text-indent: 2em">According to a ruling of Rav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita, in the Diaspora, when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on Thursday and Friday and leads into [[Shabbat]], colloquially known as a Three Day [[Yom Tov]], it is permissible to take a shower on [[Yom Tov]] as long as the water in the boiler was boiling before [[Yom Tov]] even if there is incoming water that will be heated as it enters the boiler. <ref>Rabbi Gavriel Elbaz (author of the English HalachaYomit site) as well as a few other Rabbis sent a question to Rav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita as to whether the lenient position Rav Ovadia Yosef took regarding a solar boiler could be applied to an electric boiler. The final ruling of Rav Yitzchak Yosef can be found on [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/displayRead.asp?ReadID=1996 HalachaYomit.co.il in Hebrew] as well as [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=2180 HalachaYomit.co.il in English]. | ||
* The letter by Rabbi Elbaz included the following points. Please note that the following variables individually may not be accepted by the halacha, however, it is together that they formed a basis for a lenient position. | |||
* Facts of the case: Under the boiler is a gas fueled flame that is constantly lit to keep the water hot. Inside the boiler is a thermostat to measure the temperature of the water. When water is removed from the boiler, immediately cold water enters the boiler. At that time, either the cold water is heated immediately by the hot water in the boiler or because a lot of cold water entered, the temperature drops and the fire below the boiler is raised automatically. | |||
* Perhaps the entire prohibition of heating up water, according to Shulchan Aruch, is only rabbinic (see above). | |||
* Perhaps the new water that enters and is heated is only considered a pesik reisha de'lo nicha leh. See Chazon Ovadia ([[Yom Tov]] p. 41) and Yabia Omer 4:34:35. Even if it is a pesik reisha denicha leh, still some permit a pesik reisha for a rabbinic prohibition. See Leviyat Chen (Siman 314 #39). | |||
* There is a minority opinion that considers the water that entered as grama. See Chazon Ovadia ([[Shabbat]] v. 4 p. 405). | |||
* If it can be established that the water was heated up in a permitted fashion, then there is a discussion whether it is permitted to take a full body shower in those waters. See S"A 326 and 511, Halichot Olam (v. 4, p. 207), and Chazon Ovadia ([[Shabbat]] v. 6, p. 76-8). | |||
* Lastly, perhaps for someone who is in pain there is room to be lenient. See Rabbi Akiva Eiger (307 and 326).</ref> In any event, this ruling does not address the issues of plucking out hairs or [[squeezing]] out hair, which are forbidden.</p> | |||
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