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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
'''Heating up water on [[Yom Tov]]''' | '''Heating up water on [[Yom Tov]]''' | ||
<p class="indent">In the Mishna (Beitzah 2:5), Bet Shamai say that one may only heat up water for washing one’s feet and only to a temperature that one would be able to drink, while Bet Hillel permit heating up the water even as hot as needed to bathe. The Rif and Tosfot (Beitzah 21b) stipulate that Beit Hillel only permitted heating water on [[Yom Tov]] for one's hands and feet, but not for one's entire body. </p> | <p class="indent">In the Mishna ([https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94_%D7%91_%D7%94 Beitzah 2:5]), Bet Shamai say that one may only heat up water for washing one’s feet and only to a temperature that one would be able to drink, while Bet Hillel permit heating up the water even as hot as needed to bathe. The Rif and Tosfot (Beitzah 21b) stipulate that Beit Hillel only permitted heating water on [[Yom Tov]] for one's hands and feet, but not for one's entire body. </p> | ||
'''The Rishonim's question''' | '''The Rishonim's question''' | ||
<p class="indent">The Ran (Beitzah 11a) explains that Bet Hillel's opinion is based on the concept of Mitoch (since it’s permitted to cook for food on [[Yom Tov]], it’s also permitted to heat up water for bathing). This concept of mitoch is a subject of dispute between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai in an earlier Mishna. The Mishna (Beitzah 1:5) records a dispute where Bet Hillel permitted [[carrying]] a child, [[Lulav]], or sefer torah in a public domain on [[Yom Tov]], and Bet Shamai prohibited. The Gemara (Beitza 12a) explains that this dispute is based on the concept of Mitoch, Beit Hillel accept it, while Beit Shammai do not. Since we always hold like Bet Hillel (Eiruvin 6b), Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 518:1 rules that we hold like Beit Hillel that there is a concept of mitoch. Seemingly, then it should be permitted to heat up water for washing one's entire body based on the concept of mitoch. </p> | <p class="indent">The Ran (Beitzah 11a) explains that Bet Hillel's opinion is based on the concept of Mitoch (since it’s permitted to cook for food on [[Yom Tov]], it’s also permitted to heat up water for bathing). This concept of mitoch is a subject of dispute between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai in an earlier Mishna. The Mishna (Beitzah 1:5) records a dispute where Bet Hillel permitted [[carrying]] a child, [[Lulav]], or sefer torah in a public domain on [[Yom Tov]], and Bet Shamai prohibited. The Gemara (Beitza 12a) explains that this dispute is based on the concept of Mitoch, Beit Hillel accept it, while Beit Shammai do not. Since we always hold like Bet Hillel (Eiruvin 6b), Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 518:1 rules that we hold like Beit Hillel that there is a concept of mitoch. Seemingly, then it should be permitted to heat up water for washing one's entire body based on the concept of mitoch. </p> | ||
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==Psak== | ==Psak== | ||
'''Sephardic''' | |||
<p class="indent">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. [http://download.yutorah.org/2017/55086/879510.pdf Rav Eliyahu Ben Chaim] holds that it is permitted to shower in lukewarm water on Yom Tov.</ref></p> | <p class="indent">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. [http://download.yutorah.org/2017/55086/879510.pdf Rav Eliyahu Ben Chaim] holds that it is permitted to shower in lukewarm water on Yom Tov.</ref></p> | ||
<p class="indent">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.co.il 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://halachayomit.co.il/Default.asp?HalachaID=1573 HalachaYomit.co.il in Hebrew] as well as [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1997 HalachaYomit.co.il in English]. See, however, another [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/displayRead.asp?ReadID=1996 article on HalachaYomit.co.il]. The Teshuvah was later printed in Shu"t HaRishon LeTzion vol. 2 Orach Chaim Siman 74. | <p class="indent">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.co.il 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://halachayomit.co.il/Default.asp?HalachaID=1573 HalachaYomit.co.il in Hebrew] as well as [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1997 HalachaYomit.co.il in English]. See, however, another [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/displayRead.asp?ReadID=1996 article on HalachaYomit.co.il]. The Teshuvah was later printed in Shu"t HaRishon LeTzion vol. 2 Orach Chaim Siman 74. | ||
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*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> | *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> | ||
'''Ashkenazik''' | |||
Many major authorities forbid taking a shower with hot water whether the water was heated before [[Yom Tov]] or on [[Yom Tov]]. However, one may wash one's body one limb at a time with water heated before [[Yom Tov]] and one may heat up water on [[Yom Tov]] to wash one’s face hands and feet. However, some authorities are lenient and hold that it's preferable to shower on [[Yom Tov]] with lukewarm water but it's even permitted to shower with hot water, however, one should not use very hot water. Nonetheless, it's imperative to be careful about certain concerns: | Many major authorities forbid taking a shower with hot water whether the water was heated before [[Yom Tov]] or on [[Yom Tov]]. However, one may wash one's body one limb at a time with water heated before [[Yom Tov]] and one may heat up water on [[Yom Tov]] to wash one’s face hands and feet. However, some authorities are lenient and hold that it's preferable to shower on [[Yom Tov]] with lukewarm water but it's even permitted to shower with hot water, however, one should not use very hot water. Nonetheless, it's imperative to be careful about certain concerns: | ||
