Chapter 104 – Hol Hammoed  (intermediate days of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals))

104.1) On Hol Hammoed (intermediate days of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals)) you may perform some work. (See source for details, or consult a rabbi.)

104.2) Do not slight the festival.

104.3) You may do work which would result in loss if you did not do it.

104.4) The work should be an act that couldn’t have been done before the festival.

104.5) You may work to be able to have the proper foods for Hol Hammoed.

104.6) Do not work for a non-Jew.

104.7) Do not fertilize a field.

104.8) Do not sow seeds.

104.9) Do not pluck or pull anything unless it is necessary for the festival.

104.10) You may harvest fruit if the non-Jew orchard next to yours is harvested on a festival day.

104.11) Do not cut your hair.

104.12) Do not trim your nails.

104.13) Do not do laundry.

104.14) You may attend to medicinal needs.

104.15) You may write down accounts that may be forgotten.

104.16) You may write a loan if necessary.

104.17) Do not get married on Hol Hammoed.

104.18) You may hire workers to do work after the festival.

104.19) You may go past the Sabbath boundary.

104.20) Do not mate animals.

104.21) Do not set a hen on eggs for hatching.

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