General Yom Tov Halachot

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  1. The mitzvot of Kavod and Oneg apply to Yom Tov just like Shabbat. [1]

Erev Yom Tov

  1. It's forbidden to make a festive meal on Erev Yom Tov which one wouldn't normally have during the week. [2]
  2. One shouldn't have a meal after nine hours in the day just like on Erev Shabbat. See Not eating on Erev Shabbat. [3]

Meals of Yom Tov

  1. One should have Lechem Mishneh (two loaves of bread) for the two meals of Yom Tov. See Lechem Mishneh. [4]

Simchat Yom Tov

  1. There is a mitzvah of simcha on Yom Tov.[5]

Sources

  1. Mishna Brurah 249:8
  2. Rama 529:1, Mishna Brurah 249:8
  3. Rama 529:1
  4. Rama 529:1, Mishna Brurah 529:9
  5. Rambam (Aseh 54), Chinuch 488.
    • Rav Hershel Schachter (Bikvei Hatzoan p. 81) writes that simcha on Pesach may be a composite mitzvah for all of Pesach, whereas simcha on Sukkot is a separate mitzvah for each day of Yom Tov and Chol HaMoed. He supports this contention from the fact that Hallel with a bracha is only said on the first day and that the Korbanot Mussaf of Sukkot were different every day. Similarly, Rabbi Mordechai Willig (Pesachim shiur 110 on simchas yom tov) quoted Rav Yerucham Fisher Perlow on Rasag p. 254-5 says that there's only mitzvah to eat meat once on pesach.