This weekend, with Shavuot starting motsei Shabbat, we face the reverse of the situation we faced when Seventh Day Pesach was Friday 6 weeks ago. There is no need for an Eruv Tavshilin as there was then, but there are other points to pay attention to:
- Cooking is permitted on Hag if begun from an existing flame. The way to do this is light a yarzheit candle before Shabbat. It will still be burning when Shabbat is over, so you will have a fire from which to light the candles for Hag and to cook. You may want to light a second yarzheit candle motsei Shabbat so you will have an existing fire all Hag (Sunday).
- In the Amidah for motzei Shabbat/Maariv yom tov there is a havadalah paragraph in the 4th bracha (v’todi’einu) for moving between Shabbat and Yom Tov (Sim Shalom, p. 306).
- Kiddush on Motzei Shabbat is known as YaKaNaHaZ – Yayin (wine), Kiddush, Ner (candle – borei me’orei ha’eish), Havdalah, Zman (Shehehianu). This can be found on the page with Yom Tov Kiddush (pp 742-745 in Sim Shalom, note top of 744).
- You may add water to the Shabbat dud mayim after Shabbat. It need not be hot or boiling. BE CAREFUL!!
- Havdalah at the end of Hag, Sunday night, is regular Hag Havdalah, NO spices or candle.
Hope this is helpful. Hag Shavuot Sameach!
Compiled by Rabbi Daniel C. Goldfarb (Yeshiva Director), with input from Rabbi Shmuel Lewis (Rosh Yeshiva), and Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein.
