Reeh 16:14 · unit 1

TT #412 · Parashas Reeh · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 16:14

The Complete Passuk

וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ בְּחַגֶּ֑ךָ אַתָּ֨ה וּבִנְךָ֤ וּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙ וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּוִ֗י וְהַגֵּ֛ר וְהַיָּת֥וֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃

And you shall rejoice in your festival, 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 who are within your gates.

Chabad.org — 16:14

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Pesachim / Chagigah.

Sefaria — Pesachim / Chagigah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְשָׂמַחְתָּ – תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן, וְשָׂמַחְתָּ – לְרַבּוֹת כׇּל מִינֵי שִׂמְחָה לְשִׂמְחָה.

English: "And you shall rejoice" — The Sages taught: "And you shall rejoice"—to include every kind of rejoicing in the obligation of joy.

On the daf / in context: Although the primary expression of festival joy is the eating of shelamim, other forms of rejoicing are also encompassed.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Pesachim) — all forms of joy are included.

What Is Learned

The mitzvah of rejoicing on the festival includes every appropriate form of joy, not only the consumption of sacrificial meat.