tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post114504413967126848..comments2023-12-27T03:40:39.548-05:00Comments on Mah Rabu מה רבו: The one-day-yom-tov person's guide to the second sederBZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-22304198661919540332007-05-08T03:38:00.000-04:002007-05-08T03:38:00.000-04:00Hmm. I, too, kept one day of Yom Tov this year, be...Hmm. I, too, kept one day of Yom Tov this year, because I am currently a <I>Ben Eretz Yisro'eil</I>. (For what it's work, I'm actually a <I>Ben Yerusholayim</I>, so the <I>sheluhhim</I> definitely could have reached my apartment in time to inform me of Yom Tov.) However, on the second night, some Chutznik friends of mine invited me to their second seider. I accepted, because I think that סעודת חול המועד is an important mitzvo, and that this would probably be the way for me to get the most lavish סעודת חול המועד that evening.<BR/><BR/>I waited until Yom Tov was over (for me), and then took the bus over to Qatamon. I arrived at the seider in time for the meal. I said בורא פרי הגפן, and המוציא. I ate the meal with my friends. When the meal was over they ate 'afikômon, and I ate a piece of mattzo. (Why not?) We all bentsh'd over a cup of wine, because it's a mitzvo to do so, especially when there is a quorum present for zimmun. I left either during Halleil, or right after Halleil, and took the bus back home.<BR/><BR/>(And I never really do hard-core <I>melokho</I> on חולו של מועד, so keeping one day didn't feel so weird, anyway.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-1146521498356884382006-05-01T18:11:00.000-04:002006-05-01T18:11:00.000-04:00Not all of us were in our ancestral homes for the ...Not <I>all</I> of us were in our ancestral homes for the first days. Some of us were in our parent's ancestral home while our parents were in what they considered their true ancestral home. Just sayin.'<BR/><BR/>(I have no answer to, "Are you going home for yom tov?" Where is home, really?)Abacaxi Mamaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604184268628243496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-1145337092256635802006-04-18T01:11:00.000-04:002006-04-18T01:11:00.000-04:00as is not unusual i have the same practice of enjo...as is not unusual i have the same practice of enjoying second sedarim though i don't view them as required. it is a nice chance to make seder with other friends in addition to family. <BR/>it should be noted that many second seders start, as BZ pointed out, before the end of the first day of hag. if you ar emoving from one day of hag to the other, than the second day starts at sunset. if however you are moving from full hag to hol hamoed, then the first day of hag is not over until three stars (think shabbat). this creates a potential asymetry that should be noted. <BR/>an advantage of the second seder on hol hamoed is that it gives those who don't drive on shabbat/hag the chance to have a festive meal in the home of someone who is celebrating full hag who is not within walking distance. the issue, is that you are likely to arrive late to the seder if you only set out driving after havdalah.ZThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389399563327644386noreply@blogger.com