Rosh Hashanah 5a

Rosh Hashanah 5a
1

just like Pesach requires [one to] sleep overnight [“lina” in the city of Jerusalem on the first night of the holiday], so too Sukkot requires [one to] sleep overnight [in Jerusalem].

2

And there, how do we know [Pesach requires lina]?

3

As it is written (Deuteronomy 16:7), “and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents” [implying you had slept in the city that night].

4

The Tanna Kamma and Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar, what is their source for being able to make up for Shavuot?

5

It is learned out for them from that which Rabbah bar Shmuel taught,

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as Rabbah bar Shmuel taught:

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The Torah says that one should count the days and sanctify the [new] month, and says one should count the days and sanctify Shavuot [we can make a connection]. Just like the month [has a make up period] according to its counting [of day by day], so Shavuot [has a make up period] according to its counting [of week by week].

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