Q. This year Rosh Hashana will fall on Shabbos. I would like to daven Vasikin. (at day brake). However in order to do so I will need to carry my machzor in an Eruv enclosed area, and I personally try to avoid using the Eruv. It is not possible to leave it there before Yom Tov as I need it for other tefilos. Would the ma’aila (benefit) of davening Vasikin override my Chumra (stringency) of not carrying?
A. Since there may be many details involved regarding the particular condition of an Eruv, it would make more sense to acquire or borrow a different Machzor even an used one and leave it in the desired minyan without having to carry at all.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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