{"id":9425,"date":"2000-12-12T00:10:35","date_gmt":"2000-12-11T22:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=9425"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T10:03:13","slug":"12-12-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/12-12-10\/","title":{"rendered":"10. Unskilled Labor for Mitzva Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to fulfill a mitzva on the festival, whether it is incumbent upon an individual or a group, unskilled labor may be undertaken. A mitzva need is comparable to other festival needs for which it is permitted to do unskilled labor (Rema 544:1; MB <em>ad loc<\/em>. 8). In contrast, skilled labor is permitted only to take care of bodily needs on the festival, such as preparing food or fixing the water system (above 11:3-5).<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, one may not write a Torah scroll on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>. It is prohibited to write even one letter, as scribal writing is skilled labor which is permitted only for bodily needs (SA 545:1). However, if a Torah scroll needs an unskilled repair, it may be repaired on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>. This is the case even if the Torah scroll is not needed on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, since it is permitted to do unskilled labor on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> for a mitzva, even if it does not meet a festival need. Therefore, if a Torah scroll is discovered to have an extra letter, the letter may be erased. If letters are stuck together, they may be separated. If the ink of a couple of letters has faded, they may be re-inked (<em>Sha\u2019arei Teshuva ad loc.<\/em> 1, citing <em>Panim Me\u2019irot<\/em> 1:66; MB <em>ad loc<\/em>. 2; AHS <em>ad loc.<\/em> 1).<\/p>\n<p>One who is studying Torah may write or type up notes if he knows that doing so will improve his concentration, since it is being done in the service of a mitzva (SA 545:9; above 11:13).<\/p>\n<p>If one wishes to dedicate a Torah scroll on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, he may not leave the writing of the final letters to <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, since this writing is skilled labor. However, a scribe may outline letters beforehand and they may be filled in by someone else on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, as this is unskilled labor which is permitted for a mitzva need (AHS 545:5; <em>Sdei \u1e24emed<\/em>, <em>Aseifat Dinim<\/em>, <em>Ma\u2019arekhet \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> \u00a712; <em>Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/em> <em>ad loc<\/em>. 6).<\/p>\n<p>If one is making a <em>brit mila<\/em> on the day after Yom Tov and cannot prepare all the food after Yom Tov, he may prepare food on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>. Even though normally we do not prepare on <em>\u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> for the weekday, in this case it is permissible since this is a mitzva need and the labor is unskilled (SSK 67:44).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to fulfill a mitzva on the festival, whether it is incumbent upon an individual or a group, unskilled labor may be undertaken. 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