Plants weren't watered before the festival. Can you water them during Chol HaMoed?
H4: Plants not watered beforehand would need heavy irrigation — too strenuous for Chol HaMoed. The permission covers maintaining what exists, not rescuing neglected crops.
Question 2
You level earth in your field during Chol HaMoed. When is this permitted?
H12: Same physical action, opposite rulings based on intent. Grain storage: legitimate festival need. Tilling: agricultural improvement that can wait. Intent is everything.
Question 3
Can you dig a grave during Chol HaMoed "just in case" someone dies?
H8: Chol HaMoed permissions respond to actual situations, not speculation. An actual corpse needing burial: full permission. A speculative future death: no permission.
Question 4
Sheep wander into your field during Chol HaMoed and fertilize it. Is this permitted?
H11: Intentionally bringing sheep to fertilize: forbidden (enriching the field). Sheep wandering in on their own: permitted — the incidental fertilization isn't your act.
Question 5
Which three trades may always work on the morning of the 14th of Nisan (erev Pesach)?
H19: Tailors, barbers, launderers — the three "appearance" trades. People must enter Pesach with clean clothes, neat hair, and fresh garments. These trades serve the festival itself.