I’m not in favor of unfettered chasing after gashmiyus, but I don’t know that, as distasteful as renting a beach house or Pesach macaroni may be, they’re a zilzul of Yom Tov per se. Are macaroons and potato starch cakes also a zilzul of Yom Tov? Somehow, I think melacha imitations are worse than food imitations; to me the issue is that we can’t seem to live eight days without certain foods, but it’s more of a nivul birshus haTorah issue than zilusa.
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