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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Re: ten tal u'matar
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 19:55:27 EST
Article-I.D.: lsuc.1057
Posted: Wed Jan 22 19:55:27 1986
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Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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Summary: keep your home customs even when you're away?

In article <2196@aecom.UUCP> teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz) writes:
>	As an aside, there is a discussion in halacha ( as usual I don't have
> the exact location at hand ) of a person visiting Israel during the time
> that tal u'matar is said in Israel, but before it is said in the diaspora.
> Some rabbis are of the opinion that the person should say tal u'matar. Others
> though, say that he shouldn't. It might depend on how long the person plans
> to stay in Israel. If he is on a short visit, and his sustenance comes 
> primarily for his home town, then he should ask for the rains there. However,
> if he wil get his sustenance primarily from Israel then maybe he should 
> recite tal u'matar while in Israel. Of course, one could say that as long as
> he is in Israel and eating the fruit of the land, he should say tal u'matar
> and that it dos not depend on primary sustainance.

Wouldn't the usual rule apply? My understanding is that if you live
in Israel and are visiting chutz la'aretz, you follow the halacha for
within Israel.  I remember some friends who made aliya several years
ago; a couple of years later they were back visiting their parents
for yomtov. On Sukkos, since there's only one day yomtov in Israel,
they kept only one day. (However, they didn't do any melacha in
public, presumably because of ma'aras ayin.)

Similarly, if you're visiting Israel temporarily, you still keep
two days yomtov. Or so I think I've heard. Am I right? Anyone have
a specific source?

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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