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amother

Aubergine

Sat, Sep 08 2018, 9:55 pm

Would you attend your college classes during hol hamoed? We don't write in hol hamoed, but I can't imagine skipping an entire week of classes, though Hashem comes first of course, so I want to do the right thing.

Is it not mechubad the chag to attend classes on hol hamoed? Yes, I will ask, but what was your experience?

amother

Firebrick

Sat, Sep 08 2018, 9:58 pm

I'd go.
I go to work.

Mommyg8

Sat, Sep 08 2018, 10:00 pm

I went to college on Chol Hamoad. I even took tests. I also went to work.

amother

Linen

Sat, Sep 08 2018, 10:01 pm

I did.

I remember once having to ask a shaila about attending chemistry lab on chol hamoed Pesach in case some of the ingredients I was going to be working with were chametz. Luckily it wasn't an issue.

oneofakind

Sat, Sep 08 2018, 10:17 pm

I went because they took off from your grade if you took off too many days and I already was missing because of Yom Tov. I always handed in work early (everything seemed to be due on Pesach and Succos) .

amother

Ginger

Sat, Sep 08 2018, 10:42 pm

amother wrote:

If it's davar ha'aveid (meaning, something that will incur significant loss) then the general rule is that you are allowed to go.

Last edited by amother on Thu, Jul 11 2019, 12:56 pm; edited 1 time in total

amother

Coral

Sat, Sep 08 2018, 11:26 pm

You can ask a shaila about writing.
I work in a medical office and write on chol hamoed when I work.

oliveoil

Sun, Sep 09 2018, 12:07 am

I would definitely go. Most people work during chol Hamoed. This is no different.

essie14

Sun, Sep 09 2018, 1:25 am

I always went to college classes and to work on chol hamoed. I had to take off so many days for actual chag that I could never afford to miss more days.