Q&A: The Second Festival Day Observed Outside the Land of Israel
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The Second Festival Day Observed Outside the Land of Israel
Question
Is a person who lives in the Land of Israel but did not formally make aliyah obligated to observe the second festival day observed outside the Land of Israel?
Answer
If he lives here on a permanent basis, then no. This is not a question of one formal procedure or another.
Discussion on Answer
I understood that according to some halakhic decisors, there is no concept at all of a second festival day in the Land of Israel.
In the responsa The Questioner, part 5, there is, at the end, a booklet of questions with Rabbi Nebenzahl.
And there too, someone who lives abroad but regularly spends the festivals in the Land of Israel observes only one festival day.