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==Preparing food on Yom Tov==
==Preparing food on Yom Tov==
# Ashkenazim are strict to only cook for Ochel Nefesh things that couldn't have been prepared on Erev [[Yom Tov]], however, food which would have tasted the same whether it was cooked on [[Yom Tov]] or before, it must be cooked before [[Yom Tov]]. <ref> Rama 495:1 rules in name of the Or Zaruha and Maharil that one should only do Ochel Nefesh if the food couldn't have been prepared before [[Yom Tov]]. Mishna Brurah 495:8 in the name of the Achronim that such is the halacha. </ref> if one forgot and there’s a need for the [[Yom Tov]] one may do it on [[Yom Tov]] with a shinui. <Ref>Rama 495:1, Mishna Brurah 495:8 </ref> If one was unable to make this type of food before [[yom Tov]] because of Ones (unforeseeable circumstances). <Ref>Mishna Brurah 495:10 </ref>
# Ashkenazim are strict to only cook for Ochel Nefesh things that couldn't have been prepared on Erev [[Yom Tov]], however, food which would have tasted the same whether it was cooked on [[Yom Tov]] or before, it must be cooked before [[Yom Tov]]. <ref> Rama 495:1 rules in name of the Or Zaruha and Maharil that one should only do Ochel Nefesh if the food couldn't have been prepared before [[Yom Tov]]. Mishna Brurah 495:8 in the name of the Achronim that such is the halacha.  
* Rama 495:1 writes that if a food would taste just as good if it was cooked before Yom Tov then one shouldn’t cook it on Yom Tov itself. After the fact if one didn’t cook it before Yom Tov one may do so with a shinuy. Shulchan Aruch 495:1 implies that any ochel nefesh activity is permitted even if it was possible to do from yesterday.
* The Biur Halacha s.v. mihu explains that there are 3 opinions: The Ran who allows ochel nefesh even if it is possible to do yesterday, the Smag (Lavin 75) who says initially it is forbidden but after the fact it can be done with a shinuy, and the Or Zaruah (Pesach n. 248) who says it is forbidden altogether. The Shulchan Aruch follows the Ran and the Rama the Smag.
* Pri Chadash 495:1 s.v. umah shekatav veyesh writes that most rishonim agree that there's a rabbinic prohibition to do ochel nefesh that you could have done before Yom Tov. He writes that this is the opinion of the Rambam (Yom Tov 1:5), Ran (Beitzah 12b), and Tosfot (Shabbat 95a, Beitzah 21a, 23b) in a few places. However, it is evident from the certain places in the Ran (Beitzah 5b and 7a) and Tosfot (Beitzah 3a) that it is clearly permitted completely.
* Many rishonim hold that ochel nefesh is forbidden if it was possible from yesterday. These include: Tosfot (Megillah 7a s.v. kaan), Kol Bo (no. 58), Or Zaruah (no. 248), Maharach Or Zaruah (no. 33), Michtam (Beitzah 28b) in understanding the Rambam, and Maharil (Hilchot Yom Tov, cited by Darkei Moshe 495:2). See Chazon Ovadia p. 8 who is concerned for this opinion initially.
* Rather the sources that indicate that it is forbidden are only referring to something which is usually prepared for a long time.
* The Gra answers the proofs of the Pri Chadash that it is only forbidden if it the type of work that is done for multiple days.]
</ref> if one forgot and there’s a need for the [[Yom Tov]] one may do it on [[Yom Tov]] with a shinui. <Ref>Rama 495:1, Mishna Brurah 495:8 </ref> If one was unable to make this type of food before [[yom Tov]] because of Ones (unforeseeable circumstances). <Ref>Mishna Brurah 495:10 </ref>
# One is permitted to do Melacha to fix vessels in order to make food that's Ochel Nefesh if the fixing couldn't have been done before [[Yom Tov]]. <ref> Gemara [[Megillah]] 7 has a dispute whether on [[Yom Tov]] one can fix a vessel needed for Ochel Nefesh, and Rabbi Yehuda permits. Shulchan Aruch 495:1 rules like Rabbi Yehuda. </ref>
# One is permitted to do Melacha to fix vessels in order to make food that's Ochel Nefesh if the fixing couldn't have been done before [[Yom Tov]]. <ref> Gemara [[Megillah]] 7 has a dispute whether on [[Yom Tov]] one can fix a vessel needed for Ochel Nefesh, and Rabbi Yehuda permits. Shulchan Aruch 495:1 rules like Rabbi Yehuda. </ref>
# The Melachot of [[Kesirah]] ([[Harvesting]]), [[Techinah]] ([[Grinding]]), Besirah (picking grapes), [[Sechitah]] ([[Squeezing]] liquids out of a solid), and [[Tzedah]] ([[Trapping]]), are forbidden on [[Yom Tov]] even if they are needed for Ochel Nefesh. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 495:2 </ref>
# The Melachot of [[Kesirah]] ([[Harvesting]]), [[Techinah]] ([[Grinding]]), Besirah (picking grapes), [[Sechitah]] ([[Squeezing]] liquids out of a solid), and [[Tzedah]] ([[Trapping]]), are forbidden on [[Yom Tov]] even if they are needed for Ochel Nefesh. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 495:2 </ref>