Pisqa’ 138468H:178-179; JN1:331-332. 1. “And you shall rejoice” (Dt.16:11)— rejoicing is mentioned here, and rejoicing is mentioned elsewhere (Dt.12:7, 27:7). Just as the rejoicing mentioned elsewhere is [aroused by eating] the Communion-offering, so, too, the rejoicing mentioned here is [aroused by eating] the Communion-offering.469See Pisqa’ 64.1.
”You, your son, your daughter, your slave, your slave-girl, the Levite who is within your gates, and the migrant” (Dt.16:11)— [in this list of dependants] the most favored take precedence.470Cf. Pisqa’ot 69.1 and 141.1.
2. R. Yose the Galilean says: three commandments are mandated during a Pilgrimage Festival— And here they are: the Festival-offering (khagigah),471The Communion-offerings offered as Holocausts during the Pilgrimage-festivals (Dt.16:14-17; M. Hag. 1:2-4). the Appearance-offering (re’iah),472The Communion-offerings brought by all males during the Pilgrimage-festivals and eaten “before HASHEM (Dt. 16:16). and rejoicing (simkhah).
The Appearance-offering has a trait absent from the other two; the Festival-offering has a trait absent from the other two; and rejoicing has a trait absent from the other two.
The Festival-offering was mandated both before the revelation of the Word (e.g., Ex.5:1-3) and after the Word was revealed at Sinai, a trait absent from the other two [which were not revealed until Sinai].
Now, then— since this one has a trait lacking from that, and that one has a trait lacking from this, Scripture must explain the rules for all of them.474Compare the rhetoric at Pisqa’ 118.3.
(דברים טז יא) וְשָׂמַחְתָּ, נֶאֶמְרָה כָּאן שִׂמְחָה וְנֶאֶמְרָה לְהַלָּן (דברים כז ז) שִׂמְחָה. מָה שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן – שְׁלָמִים, אַף שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן – שְׁלָמִים.
Pisqa’ 138468H:178-179; JN1:331-332.
1. “And you shall rejoice” (Dt.16:11)—
rejoicing is mentioned here,
and rejoicing is mentioned elsewhere (Dt.12:7, 27:7).
Just as the rejoicing mentioned elsewhere
is [aroused by eating] the Communion-offering,
so, too, the rejoicing mentioned here
is [aroused by eating] the Communion-offering.469See Pisqa’ 64.1.
אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְהַגֵּר, חָבִיב חָבִיב קוֹדֵם.
”You, your son, your daughter, your slave,
your slave-girl, the Levite who is within your gates,
and the migrant” (Dt.16:11)—
[in this list of dependants]
the most favored take precedence.470Cf. Pisqa’ot 69.1 and 141.1.
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: שָׁלֹשׁ מִצְווֹת נוֹהֲגוֹת בָּרֶגֶל, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: חֲגִיגָה, רְאִיָּה, וְשִׂמְחָה.
2. R. Yose the Galilean says:
three commandments are mandated
during a Pilgrimage Festival—
And here they are:
the Festival-offering (khagigah),471The Communion-offerings offered as Holocausts during the Pilgrimage-festivals (Dt.16:14-17; M. Hag. 1:2-4).
the Appearance-offering (re’iah), 472The Communion-offerings brought by all males during the Pilgrimage-festivals and eaten “before HASHEM (Dt. 16:16).
and rejoicing (simkhah).
יֵשׁ בָּרְאִיָּה שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן, בַּחֲגִיגָה שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן, בַּשִּׂמְחָה שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן.
The Appearance-offering has a trait
absent from the other two;
the Festival-offering has a trait
absent from the other two;
and rejoicing has a trait
absent from the other two.
רְאִיָּה – כֻּלָּהּ לַגָּבוֹהַּ, שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן.
The Appearance-offering
belongs entirely to the Supernal One,
a trait absent from the other two
[which are eaten by celebrants].
חֲגִיגָה – נוֹהֶגֶת לִפְנֵי הַדָּבָר וּלְאַחַר הַדָּבָר, שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן.
The Festival-offering was mandated
both before the revelation of the Word (e.g., Ex.5:1-3)
and after the Word was revealed at Sinai,
a trait absent from the other two
[which were not revealed until Sinai].
שִׂמְחָה – נוֹהֶגֶת בָּאֲנָשִׁים וּבַנָּשִׁים, שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן.
Rejoicing is mandated
for men and women,
a trait absent from the other two.473=T. Hag. 1:4.
הָא, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּזוֹ מַה שֶׁאֵין בָּזוֹ, וְיֵשׁ בָּזוֹ מַה שֶׁאֵין בָּזוֹ – צָרַךְ הַכָּתוּב לוֹמַר אֶת כֻּלָּן.
Now, then—
since this one has a trait lacking from that,
and that one has a trait lacking from this,
Scripture must explain the rules for all of them.474Compare the rhetoric at Pisqa’ 118.3.