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Chazal forbade dancing and clapping on Shabbat and Yom Tov so that a person doesn't come to fix a musical instrument on Shabbat or Yom Tov. Some authorities and minhagim are lenient to allow it nowadays, while others do not.{{Okay}} | Chazal forbade dancing and clapping on Shabbat and Yom Tov so that a person doesn't come to fix a musical instrument on Shabbat or Yom Tov. Some authorities and minhagim are lenient to allow it nowadays, while others do not.{{Okay}} | ||
==Dancing or Clapping== | ==Dancing or Clapping== | ||
#It's forbidden to dance or clap on [[Shabbat]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch 339:3, Rambam Shabbat 23:5. The Mishna in Beitzah 36b writes that it’s forbidden to clap or dance on [[Yom Tov]] or [[Shabbat]]. The Gemara (36b) explains that this is a rabbinic prohibition in order to prevent a person from coming to fix a musical instrument. </ref> However, some have the minhag to be lenient | #It's forbidden to dance or clap on [[Shabbat]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch 339:3, Rambam Shabbat 23:5. The Mishna in Beitzah 36b writes that it’s forbidden to clap or dance on [[Yom Tov]] or [[Shabbat]]. The Gemara (36b) explains that this is a rabbinic prohibition in order to prevent a person from coming to fix a musical instrument. </ref> However, some have the minhag to be lenient, and one shouldn't protest those who are lenient.<ref>*Tosfot (Beitzah 30a s.v. Tenan) writes that the gezerah of Chazal only applied then when they were experts in fixing musical instruments but it wouldn’t apply to us since we’re not experts in that area. | ||
*The Bet Yosef 339:3 writes that the implication of all the poskim who simply copy the prohibition of the Mishna is that they do not hold of the logic of Tosfot. The Shulchan Aruch 339:3 rules clearly that it’s forbidden to clap or dance on [[Shabbat]]. | *The Bet Yosef 339:3 writes that the implication of all the poskim who simply copy the prohibition of the Mishna is that they do not hold of the logic of Tosfot. The Shulchan Aruch 339:3 rules clearly that it’s forbidden to clap or dance on [[Shabbat]]. | ||
*The Rama writes that the minhag is to be lenient based on the opinion of Tosfot that there’s no prohibition anymore of coming to fix a musical instrument. The implication of the Rama is that this minhag isn’t proper but it’s better not to inform people of the prohibition so that they only violate it unintentionally and not deliberately. | *The Rama writes that the minhag is to be lenient based on the opinion of Tosfot that there’s no prohibition anymore of coming to fix a musical instrument. The implication of the Rama is that this minhag isn’t proper but it’s better not to inform people of the prohibition so that they only violate it unintentionally and not deliberately. | ||
