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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 496
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<b>דיני יום טוב שני של גליות. ובו ג סעיפים:</b><br>בגליות שעושין שני ימים טובים מספק כל מה שאסור בראשון אסור בשני ומנדין למי שמזלזל בו ואם הוא צורבא דרבנן אין מחמירין לנדותו אלא מלקין אותו:
Laws of the second day of Yom Tov in the diaspora. Contains 3 sections In the diaspora where two days of Yom Tov are observed out of doubt — everything forbidden on the first day is forbidden on the second, and one who treats it lightly is excommunicated. If he is a Torah scholar, they do not go so far as to excommunicate him but rather flog him.
אין חילוק בין ראשון לשני אלא לענין מת וכן לכחול את העין: הגה או שאר חולי שאין בו סכנה (ר"ן פרק אין צדין) אע"פ שאסור בראשון אלא על ידי עכו"ם אם אין בו סכנה בשני מותר אפי' על ידי ישראל חוץ מי"ט שני של ראש השנה דשני ימים קדושה אחת אריכתא הן: הגה ודוקא שבות דרבנן דומיא דמכחיל עינא אבל אב מלאכה אסור לישראל לעשותו אפילו בי"ט שני (ר"ן פרק אין צדין והמגיד פרק ראשון):
There is no difference between the first and second day except regarding a corpse, and similarly regarding applying eye medication. Rema: Or other non-life-threatening illness (Ran Perek Ein Tzdin) Even though on the first day it is only permitted through a non-Jew when there is no danger to life, on the second day it is permitted even through a Jew. This does not apply to the second day of Rosh Hashana, since both days are one extended sanctity. Rema: This applies only to a rabbinic prohibition similar to applying eye medication, but a primary prohibited labor is forbidden for a Jew even on the second day of Yom Tov.
בני ארץ ישראל שבאו לחוצה לארץ אסורים לעשות מלאכה ביו"ט שני ביישוב אפילו דעתו לחזור וכל זמן שלא הגיעו ליישוב אפילו אין דעתו לחזור מותר לפי שעדיין לא הוקבע להיות כמותן אבל אם הגיע ליישוב ואין דעתו לחזור נעשה כמותן ואסור בין במדבר בין ביישוב וכל חוץ לתחום אין נותנין עליו חומרי מקום שהלכו לשם:
Residents of the Land of Israel who came to the diaspora are forbidden to perform labor on the second day of Yom Tov in an inhabited area, even if they intend to return. As long as they have not reached an inhabited area, even if they do not intend to return, it is permitted, since they have not yet become established as residents there. But if they reached an inhabited area and do not intend to return, they become like the locals and are forbidden both in the wilderness and in an inhabited area. One who is beyond the boundary does not take on the stringencies of the place to which he traveled.
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