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[gnomi]

E (3:58 PM) TA: The eiruv has been checked and repaired and is up for both Yom Kippur and for Shabbat He'ezinu.

I never remember year-to-year, and last year was Shabbat, anyway, so it was a moot question...what's the halacha about carrying on Yom Kippur? I know it's like Shabbat in some halachot and not like yom tov.

We've got an eiruv, but with the wind and rain we're having, I'm a bit nervous.

Can anyone remind me? Thanks!

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[doeeyedbunny.livejournal.com]

Yom Kippur is called "Shabbat Shabbaton" - so you anything you can't do on Shabbat you can't do on Yom Kippur. This came up in conversation w/ my dad when we heard the following joke:

Two cleaning ladies are chatting.
One says, "I just started working for a religious Jewish family and I'm so confused about all of their customs."
The other says, "Oh, it's not so confusing - they have three special days, each with their own customs. On the Sabbath, they eat in the dining room and smoke in the bathroom. Then in the summer, on Tisha B'av, the smoke in the dining room and eat in the bathroom. Finally, on Yom Kippur, they eat and smoke in the bathroom."

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Heee! I'm gonna have to remember that one.