Q&A: Definition of a Community
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Definition of a Community
Question
Happy holiday,
What defines a Jewish community with regard to observing the second festival day for Israelis?
Is one Jew enough to make an entire city prohibited?
Do you need 10 Jews?
I wasn’t able to find precise information.
What I did understand is:
If there is no Jewish community, there is no need to observe the second festival day.
If there is a Jewish community, it must be observed in public.
Thank you in advance.
Answer
I don’t know. And even if someone writes such a rule, he doesn’t know either. You have to use common sense. The goal is not to increase dispute and factionalism, and you can decide accordingly.