Reeh 16:14 · unit 4

TT #415 · 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.

Sefaria — Pesachim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְשָׂמַחְתָּ – נֶאֱמַר כָּאן שִׂמְחָה וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן שִׂמְחָה, מַה שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן שְׁלָמִים אַף שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן שְׁלָמִים.

English: "And you shall rejoice" — it is said here "rejoicing" and it is said there "rejoicing"; just as the rejoicing spoken of there refers to shelamim, so the rejoicing spoken of here refers to shelamim.

On the daf / in context: The primary fulfillment of festival joy is the consumption of peace-offerings.

Type of Learning

Gezeirah shavah (Pesachim) — festival joy is expressed through shelamim.

What Is Learned

The mitzvah of rejoicing on the festival is fulfilled principally by eating the meat of shelamim.