And you shall rejoice before Hashem your God, you and your son and your daughter and your manservant and your maidservant and the Levi who is within your gates and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place that Hashem your God will choose to make His Name dwell there.
English: "And you shall rejoice before Hashem your God" — you and your son and your daughter and your manservant and your maidservant and the Levi and the stranger and the orphan and the widow.
On the daf / in context: The joy of the festival is incomplete unless the entire household and the vulnerable members of the community are included.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — festival joy must include the entire household and the needy.
What Is Learned
The mitzvah of rejoicing on the festival requires the inclusion of one’s household and of the Levi, the stranger, the orphan and the widow.