Does the prohibition of kindling fire (hav'arah) apply on Yom Kippur, and what is its status?
Synopsis
The Aruch HaShulchan discusses the Talmudic debate about whether 'hav'arah l'lav yatz'at' (kindling was singled out for a mere negative prohibition rather than karet on Shabbat). On Yom Kippur, since the penalty is karet rather than stoning, kindling would carry karet — making Yom Kippur stricter than Shabbat in this regard under one view. The normative ruling follows the view that kindling was singled out to teach that each individual category of work is independently punishable.
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