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Sifrei Devarim 138

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 16:11) "And you shall rejoice before the L-rd your G-d": It is written here "rejoice," and elsewhere (Ibid. 27:7) "rejoice." Just as there, the rejoicing is with peace-offerings, here, too, it is with peace-offerings.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"you, your daughter, your man-servant, your maid-servant" — in order of affection.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

R. Yossi Haglili says: Three mitzvoth obtain on a festival: the festive offering (chagigah), the sacrifice of peace-offerings, viz. (27:7) "And you shall sacrifice peace-offerings and you shall eat them there"; "appearance" (re'iah), before the L-rd with a burnt-offering, viz. Shemoth 23:15); and rejoicing (simchah).

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There obtains with re'iah what does not obtain with the others; with chagigah, what does not obtain with the others; and with simchah, what does not obtain with the others:

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English · Shraga Silverstein

re'iah (a burnt-offering) is entirely (consumed) for the Most High;

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English · Shraga Silverstein

chagigah obtains both before the Word (the giving of the Torah) and afterwards;

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English · Shraga Silverstein

simchah obtains with both men and women (as opposed to the others, which obtain only with men.)

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English · Shraga Silverstein

This (i.e., their uniqueness) being so, Scripture had to mention all of them (individually, their not being mutually derivable.)

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