Is it ever ok to pick up clothes from the cleaners on Chol Hamoed

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  • April 18, 2016 3:05 am at 3:05 am #617583
    no kidding
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    I have noticed people going in and out of the cleaners on Chol Hamoed Succos and this morning I noticed a man insisting to pick up his clothes on chol Hamoed – What are the conditions is this permissible?

    April 18, 2016 11:15 am at 11:15 am #1147921
    lesschumras
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    Ask your LOR

    April 18, 2016 3:31 pm at 3:31 pm #1147922
    old man
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    it’s ok

    April 18, 2016 5:12 pm at 5:12 pm #1147923
    Little Froggie
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    its not ok

    April 18, 2016 8:30 pm at 8:30 pm #1147924
    charliehall
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    What lesschumras said.

    April 19, 2016 2:12 am at 2:12 am #1147925
    Little Froggie
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    What charliehall said.

    April 19, 2016 2:22 am at 2:22 am #1147926
    Sam2
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    Nowadays where basically everyone has multiple Shabbos shirts I can hear the Sevara that it’s fine. It would take decent-sized shoulders to say, though.

    April 19, 2016 5:29 am at 5:29 am #1147927
    FriendInFlatbush
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    What Little Froggie said.

    April 19, 2016 1:08 pm at 1:08 pm #1147928
    old man
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    What Sam’s shoulders said

    April 20, 2016 3:19 am at 3:19 am #1147929
    no kidding
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    Rav Moshe Feinstein Zt’l forbids sending clothes to be dry cleaned even if one needs the clothes for the Moed. He believes that this is an activity of Maaseh Uman that is forbidden on Chol Hamoed even Letzorech.

    April 20, 2016 4:53 am at 4:53 am #1147930
    🐵 ⌨ Gamanit
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    The question here is about dropping off before yomtov (possibly even prepaying) and just picking up on chol hamoed. I don’t see why this should be such a clear no. If the person prepays, and the cleaners clean it before yom tov, the only issue would be potentially maras ayin, no? If you’re wondering why they wouldn’t want to pick it up before yom tov, maybe they just don’t have time to stop by in the busy pre-Pesach season.

    April 20, 2016 3:05 pm at 3:05 pm #1147931
    lesschumras
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    Gamanit,OP didn’t say cleaned, he said picked up

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