Hamoed
Hamoed, also rendered as Chag HaMoed, is a Hebrew term meaning the festival’s intermediate days. It refers to the days within certain Jewish holidays that lie between the first and last Yom Tov days. The concept is most commonly applied to Passover (Pesach) and the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). On these holidays, a portion of the days are designated as full festival days (Yom Tov) with the most stringent restrictions, while the days in between are observed as Hamoed, a semi-festive period with more limited restrictions.
Observance during Hamoed is less strict than on Yom Tov. Work is not wholly prohibited as on
Historically, the categorization into Yom Tov and Hamoed comes from Talmudic and Halachic discussions and is
Geographically, differences exist between Israel and the diaspora. In Israel, fewer days of Yom Tov are observed,