Is it permitted to ask a fellow Jew on Yom Tov to pour a full vessel of wine without specifying measure or quantity?
Synopsis
Asking a fellow Jew to fill a vessel with wine or other liquid on Yom Tov is treated as directly performing the melacha and falls under the same prohibitions as Shabbat.
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