Eruv Tavshilin

Question 1

what does the eruv tavshilin allow a person to do ?

Answer 1

If Yom Tov falls out on Friday (or on Thursday and Friday outside Israel), in general, one may not cook or bake from Yom Tov for Shabbat, however, if one cooked and there was leftovers it may be eaten on Shabbat. Yet, if one designated an Eruv Tavshilin from before Yom Tov then it’s permissible to cook or bake from Yom Tov for Shabbat

Question 2

What constitutes an eiruv tavshilin ?

Answer 2

a baked and a cooked item (cooked dish mast be something eaten with bread usually )
just a cooked item bedieved ok
just a baked item bedieved doesn’t work

Question 3

what if you only going to cook and not bake ?

Answer 3

only need a cooked dish

Question 4

what size does the foods have to be ?

Answer 4

a kezayis but the bigger the better

Question 5

can you cook on Thursday for shabbos ?

Answer 5

no can only cook on Friday for shabbos not Thursday

Question 6

does the cooking of the eiruv tavshillin have to be cooked before shabbos ?

Answer 6

should be finished before shabbos (so could be used )
if not
Y’T sheni - can be makel
!st day Y’T -only be makel in the case of a tzorech gadol

Question 7

if 2 families are eating at the same house ?

How many eiruv’s do they need ?

Answer 7

only need 1 eiruv

Question 8

what if your’e gonna be in a hotel and not cook do you need an eiruv tavshilin ?

Answer 8

yes ,for lighting candles

but don’t say the bracha on the eiruv

Question 9

what if you forgot an eiruv tavshillin ?

Answer 9

1st time can rely on the rav

if they planned on relying on the rav or 2nd time doing this -they cant rely on the rav

Question 10

what if you forgot a 2nd time ?

Answer 10

s/s he can’t light candles and must get someone else to light for him -or only light 1 candle

Question 11

what if If Yom Tov (excluding the two days of Rosh Hashana) falls out on Thursday and Friday, and one forgot to make Eruv Tavshilin before yom Tov?

Answer 11

one may make Eruv Tavshilin on the first day and stipulate “If today is Yom Tov then there’s no need for an eruv and if today isn’t Yom Tov then the eruv should be set aside in order to permit cooking and baking.”

some say its better to just rely on the rav’s eruv

Question 12

what if the eiruv is eaten or lost ?

Answer 12

אִם נֶאֱבְדָה אוֹ נֶאֱכְלָה הַפַּת, אֵין בְּכָךְ כְּלוּם, וּמֻתָּר אֲפִלּוּ לֶאֱפוֹת
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וְאִם נֶאֱבַד אוֹ נֶאֱכַל הַתַּבְשִׁיל, אִם נִשְׁאַר כַּזַּיִת, גַּם כֵּן לֹא הִפְסִיד
אֲבָל אִם לֹא נִשְׁתַּיֵּר מִמֶּנּוּ כַּזַּיִת, אָסוּר לוֹ לְבַשֵּׁל, כְּאִלּוּ לֹא עֵרַב כְּלָ