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The permissibility of doing melakha<\/em> for communal needs on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> still applies in areas where the government is weak and thus unable to collect taxes and enforce the law. However, if the government is able to take care of communal needs through the year, they may not be addressed during \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed <\/em>(MA; MB 544:1). Therefore, nowadays, when the local government is well organized with financial resources and staff at its disposal, melakha<\/em> may not be done on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> if it can be done at a different time. <\/em>The one exception is work which must be done on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> itself, such as collecting garbage from overflowing bins.<\/em><\/p>\n

If a communal need involves meeting a bodily need, such as preventing people from suffering or getting hurt, even skilled labor is permitted. Therefore, if streetlights have gone out, electricians may fix them on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>. If a sewer is blocked, creating a public nuisance, it may be fixed by a skilled laborer even if this entails hard work. The sink of a synagogue may be fixed in order to allow those praying there to wash their hands prior to services. A mechanic may fix a bus or cab needed by the public for \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> travel (SSK 68:7-8).[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

One may print a quality newspaper on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> and write articles for a quality website. Nowadays, the public is used to constantly following the news, and the media influences the public as well as its leaders. When the media outlet is a quality one, it has a positive influence, and is considered to meet a communal need. Refraining from writing for quality media would thus be a davar ha-aved <\/em>so the writing is permitted. Additionally, since people are used to following the news, many will be negatively influenced by harmful media if they are not supplied with news by quality media.<\/p>\n

A quality newspaper may go to print during \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, even with advertisements. However, the journalists may not write pieces for after the festival. Nevertheless, if the paper will suffer losses if it does not include certain pieces, and if it would be impossible to make the deadline for inclusion without working on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, and if the pieces could not have been written before the festival, then they may be prepared on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed <\/em>(see SSK 68:12 and the notes there).<\/p>\n

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\n[7]<\/a>. If an apartment building\u2019s elevator or hallway lighting stops working, it may be fixed by a professional if there are concerns about danger or health. For example, a working elevator is required by pregnant women, the sick, and the elderly; without lights, people may fall. If there are no current residents with health issues, then whether or not a professional may fix the elevator depends on the size of the building. If there are ten or more families in the building, it is considered a community (rabim<\/em>). Since having lights and a working elevator benefits the body on the festival, they may be fixed even by a professional on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>. However, if there are fewer than ten families, they are considered individuals for this purpose, and the repairs may be made with unskilled labor only. (See \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> Ke-hilkhato<\/em> ch. 8 n. 41 in the name of R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach; Piskei Teshuvot<\/em> 544:1; and Har\u1e25avot<\/em> here.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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