When Yom Tov falls on Erev Shabbat, may one insulate a pot with stones?
Synopsis
A machlokes whether insulating with stones on Yom Tov that is Erev Shabbat constitutes binyan (construction). The permitting view holds that concern for Shabbat honor overrides the rabbinic prohibition; the forbidding view treats the arrangement of stones as temporary construction.
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