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# It is only permitted to water plants with water from the tap or hose directly. That is the modern-day equivalent to water from a spring, which Chazal permitted.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Kaf_HaChayim_on_Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.537.13.1?vhe=Kaf_Hachayim,_Orach_Chayim_vol._I-IV,_Jerusalem_1910-1933&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en Kaf Hachaim 537:13], [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14336&pgnum=450 Chazon Ish 134:14], Piskei Teshuvot 537:3. Kaf Hachaim writes that a machine which draws water from a spring that doesn't involve a lot of exertion is the equivalent of drawing water from a spring with one's foot which is permitted. Chazon Ish agrees regarding a pump that gets its water from a spring. Piskei Teshuvot applies this to modern day tap water. [Fundamentally, it doesn't matter if the tap water is from a spring or rainwater reservoir because they don't become used up when they're used normally. (Moed Katan 4a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:3)]</ref> However, one may not draw with buckets to water plants even if they would die without the water.<ref>Moed Katan 2a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:2</ref> | # It is only permitted to water plants with water from the tap or hose directly. That is the modern-day equivalent to water from a spring, which Chazal permitted.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Kaf_HaChayim_on_Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.537.13.1?vhe=Kaf_Hachayim,_Orach_Chayim_vol._I-IV,_Jerusalem_1910-1933&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en Kaf Hachaim 537:13], [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14336&pgnum=450 Chazon Ish 134:14], Piskei Teshuvot 537:3. Kaf Hachaim writes that a machine which draws water from a spring that doesn't involve a lot of exertion is the equivalent of drawing water from a spring with one's foot which is permitted. Chazon Ish agrees regarding a pump that gets its water from a spring. Piskei Teshuvot applies this to modern day tap water. [Fundamentally, it doesn't matter if the tap water is from a spring or rainwater reservoir because they don't become used up when they're used normally. (Moed Katan 4a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:3)]</ref> However, one may not draw with buckets to water plants even if they would die without the water.<ref>Moed Katan 2a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:2</ref> | ||
# If a plant is also ready to be picked, it is permitted even to draw water to water plants in order to pick them and eat them on the moed.<ref>Moed Katan 4a permits water plants to eat them on the moed. This is codified in Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:4. In this case it is even permitted to draw water which is a tircha since it is for ochel nefesh. Mishna Brurah 537:14 quotes Ritva who adds that it is permitted to draw water for plants to sell for other people to eat them on the moed. That too is considered a need of ochel nefesh. (Note that Ochel Nefesh does not include non-Jews on Chol Hamoed, Chayey Adam 106:11.)</ref> However, it is forbidden to water plants to improve them for after the moed.<ref>Moed Katan 4a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:4</ref> | # If a plant is also ready to be picked, it is permitted even to draw water to water plants in order to pick them and eat them on the moed.<ref>Moed Katan 4a permits water plants to eat them on the moed. This is codified in Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:4. In this case it is even permitted to draw water which is a tircha since it is for ochel nefesh. Mishna Brurah 537:14 quotes Ritva who adds that it is permitted to draw water for plants to sell for other people to eat them on the moed. That too is considered a need of ochel nefesh. (Note that Ochel Nefesh does not include non-Jews on Chol Hamoed, Chayey Adam 106:11.)</ref> However, it is forbidden to water plants to improve them for after the moed.<ref>Moed Katan 4a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:4</ref> | ||
== Tircha Yetera == | |||
# It is forbidden to do excessive effort when doing a dvar haaved.<ref>Moed Katan 2a, 4a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 537:2. [Bet Yosef 538:1 suggests that tircha yetera is only asur for dvar haaved if it is attached to the ground. However, this seems to be contradicted by Pesachim 55b and Moed Katan 13b.]</ref> | |||
== Maaseh Uman == | == Maaseh Uman == | ||
# It is permitted to do a maaseh uman for a dvar ha'aved.<ref>Tosfot (Moed Katan 10a s.v. tofer), Mordechai (m"k n. 844), Maharshach 1:113, Tiferet Yisrael (Kupat Rochlin 5:5)</ref> | # It is permitted to do a maaseh uman for a dvar ha'aved.<ref>Tosfot (Moed Katan 10a s.v. tofer), Mordechai (m"k n. 844), Maharshach 1:113, Tiferet Yisrael (Kupat Rochlin 5:5)</ref> | ||
== Mechaven Melachto Bmoed == | |||
# If someone planned to do melacha to save a dvar haaved on the moed it is forbidden for him to do that melacha on the moed. Furthermore, if he does that melacha the rabbis penalized him and make that work ownerless.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 538:1</ref> | |||
# If someone planned to do work before the moed but then forgot about it, or delayed to do it after the moed and thought it wouldn't be lost beforehand and then it became a dvar haaved on the moed, or if an unforeseen circumstance arose that created a dvar haaved that he couldn't deal with before the moed, then it is permitted to do melacha on the moed.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 538:1</ref> | |||
== Safek Dvar Ha'aved == | == Safek Dvar Ha'aved == | ||
# Safek dvar ha'aved is permitted.<ref>Maharshach 1:113. His two proofs are the Rashba writes that it is permitted to write down one's finances so that a person doesn't forget them and come to a loss. Also, Raavad writes that it is permitted to write a letter and send it on the moed because perhaps after the moed there won't be anyone to deliver the mail available. Magen Avraham 537 codifies this. [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14336&st=&pgnum=451 Chazon Ish 134:14] agrees. However, Machasit Hashekel, Pri Megadim, and Levushei Srad on 537 write that according to the opinion that melacha on chol hamoed is from the Torah safek dvar ha'aved is forbidden. Chayey Adam 106:5 writes that safek dvar ha'aved should be done by a non-Jew.</ref> The poskim write that if the concern that he'll come to a loss is likely to happen, because of a common occurence, then it is permitted. However, if the concern that he'll come to a loss is unlikely to happen, then it is forbidden.<ref>Biur Halacha 537:1 s.v. dvar, Hilchot Chol Hamoed Zichron Shlomo p. 51</ref> | # Safek dvar ha'aved is permitted.<ref>Maharshach 1:113. His two proofs are the Rashba writes that it is permitted to write down one's finances so that a person doesn't forget them and come to a loss. Also, Raavad writes that it is permitted to write a letter and send it on the moed because perhaps after the moed there won't be anyone to deliver the mail available. Mabit 1:27 agrees. Magen Avraham 537 codifies this. [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14336&st=&pgnum=451 Chazon Ish 134:14] agrees. However, Machasit Hashekel, Pri Megadim, and Levushei Srad on 537 write that according to the opinion that melacha on chol hamoed is from the Torah safek dvar ha'aved is forbidden. Chayey Adam 106:5 writes that safek dvar ha'aved should be done by a non-Jew.</ref> The poskim write that if the concern that he'll come to a loss is likely to happen, because of a common occurence, then it is permitted. However, if the concern that he'll come to a loss is unlikely to happen, then it is forbidden.<ref>Biur Halacha 537:1 s.v. dvar, Hilchot Chol Hamoed Zichron Shlomo p. 51</ref> | ||
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