Is there any way I can avoid Boirer and put my laundry on Shabbos in its specified location of the divided hamper (dark, color, whites), for example by spreading out the laundry and putting one item at a time? Or do I have to wait for after Shabbos to put it in the proper division?

  Organizing the laundry was on Shabbos is not only an issue of borer, but also an issue of ממצוא חפצך, doing something on Shabbos to prepare for a Melacha…

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I went away for Sukkos and planned on bringing enough clothes to last the whole Yom Tov and upon arrival realized that I only brought 2 shirts and forgot the others. Is there room to be lenient and wash them on Chol Hamoed? Do I need to just wear the same shirt for 3-4 days, or maybe buy new ones?

If one has only one shirt, he may wash it Chol Hamoed. Although some Poskim maintain this Heter doesn't apply nowadays, one may rely on the lenient position, which is…

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