The Rabbinically Instituted Second Day of Holidays in Exile
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Doing Work on the Second Day
Using items that were created on the first day, on the second day
The Second Day of Rosh HaShanah
Adding the Day
Why we add a second day even though we know which one is the right day: Beitzah 4b
We only add a day after the day we assume to be the right one, not before it: Rosh HaShanah 20b-21a
Locations where a second day is required: Rosh HaShanah 21a
Ex-Communication
for travelling on the Second Day: Pesachim 52a
Consuming
New Produce
on the 17th of Nisan, which may -due to the calendar doubts- be the 16th: Menachot 68b
Considering the two days as a single holiday, or as two separate sanctities: Eruvin 39a, 39b-40a; Beitzah 3a-b, 4b-5a
Enactments
to prevent people from taking the second day lightly
: Eruvin 39a-b, 40a
Performing
Havdalah
after the first day: Beitzah 4b [see Shitah Mekubetzet there]
Taking care of a corpse
on the second day of Yom Tov: Beitzah 6a
Respect for all creatures
vs. the status of the rabbinically-decreed second day of Yom Tov: Beitzah 6a
Respect for all creatures overridden by concern that it could lead to greater disruption of Jewish law: Beitzah 6a
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