HILCHOS YOM TOV Sections 495-529

495. The Labors Forbidden on Festivals

496. The Laws [Governing the Observance of] the Second Day of a Festival in the Diaspora

497. The Laws [Governing] Preparing [Items to be Used on] a Festival

498. The Laws Applying to Ritual Slaughter on Festivals

499. The Laws Applying to Skinning [the Hides of Animals], Scalding [the Bodies of Animals or Fowl After Their Slaughter], and Salting [Meat] on a Festival

500. How a Person Who Requires Meat on a Festival Should Conduct Himself; How to Salt [Meat on a Festival]

501. [When] it is Forbidden and When it is Permitted [to Move] Wood on Festivals

502. The Laws [Governing] Fire on a Festival

503. [The Restrictions Against] Preparing for the [Second] Day of a Festival on [the First]

504. The Laws [Governing] Spices on a Festival

505. The Laws [Governing] Milking an Animal on a Festival

506. The Laws [Governing] Kneading [Dough] on a Festival

507. The Laws [Governing] Baking on a Festival

508. Acts that Prepare for Roasting that are Forbidden on a Festival

509. Some Specific Laws Pertaining to the Statutes of the Festivals

510. Several Activities Forbidden to be Performed on a Festival and [the Possibility] of Performing Them When One Deviates [from his Ordinary Practice]

511. That Kindling a Fire and Heating Water are Permitted on a Festival

512. Not to Cook for the Sake of a Non-Jew on a Festival

513. The Laws [Pertaining to] an Egg Laid on a Festival

514. The Prohibition Against Extinguishing [a Fire] on a Festival

515. The Laws Pertaining to Articles Brought from Beyond a Town’s Limits on a Festival

516. The Laws [Governing] which Objects are Permitted to be Sent on a Festival

517. The Manner in which it is Permitted to Purchase Types of Food from a Storekeeper on a Festival

518. The Laws Governing the Transfer [of Objects] from One Domain to Another on a Festival

519. The Permissibility of Removing and Returning the Hinges of Doors for the Sake of a Festival

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521. The Laws Applying to Lowering Produce from one Place to Another on a Festival

522. Certain Entities that are Forbidden to Be Carried on a Festival

523. Laws that Apply regarding [Caring for] Livestock on a Festival

524. Certain Prohibitions that Apply on a Festival

525. The Laws Pertaining to Loans on a Festival

526. The Laws [Governing the Burial] of a Corpse on a Festival

527. The Laws [Pertaining to] an Eruv Tavshilin

528. The Laws [Pertaining to Establishing] Eruvin for Courtyards on a Festival

529.The Laws [Pertaining to] Rejoicing on a Festival

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