Pisqa’ 139475H:179; JN1:333. 1. “So that you remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you preserve and observe these laws” (Dt.16:12). Does this teach that practices mandated for the Closure-festival [regarding productive work] apply to Passover and the Feast [of Huts as well]? Or, might it even teach that practices mandated for Passover and the Feast apply to the Closure-festival [of each]? The Teaching states: “These laws” (Dt.16:12)— these teaches that these [prohibitions of productive labor] apply [only] to the Closure-festival. But [the practice of dwelling in] the Festival-hut, waving the Palm-frond, the seven-days [of Passover and the Feast], and the unleavened-bread [of Passover] do not apply to the Closure-festival.
(דברים טז יב) וְזָכַרְתָּ כִּי עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ בְּמִצְרָיִם וְשָׁמַרְתָּ וְעָשִׂיתָ [אֶת הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה], מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל שֶׁנּוֹהֲגִים בַּעֲצֶרֶת נוֹהֲגִים בְּפֶסַח וְחַג, אוֹ אַף כָּל שֶׁנּוֹהֲגִים בְּפֶסַח וְחַג יְהוּ נוֹהֲגִים בַּעֲצֶרֶת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: אֵלֶּה – אֵלֶּה נוֹהֲגִים בַּעֲצֶרֶת, וְאֵין סֻכָּה וְלוּלָב וְשִׁבְעָה וּמַצָּה נוֹהֲגִים בַּעֲצֶרֶת.
Pisqa’ 139475H:179; JN1:333.
1. “So that you remember that you were a slave in Egypt,
and you preserve and observe these laws” (Dt.16:12).
Does this teach that
practices mandated for the Closure-festival
[regarding productive work]
apply to Passover and the Feast [of Huts as well]?
Or, might it even teach that
practices mandated for
Passover and the Feast
apply to the Closure-festival [of each]?
The Teaching states:
“These laws” (Dt.16:12)—
these teaches that
these [prohibitions of productive labor]
apply [only] to the Closure-festival.
But [the practice of dwelling in] the Festival-hut,
waving the Palm-frond,
the seven-days [of Passover and the Feast],
and the unleavened-bread [of Passover]
do not apply to the Closure-festival.