Commentary for Moed Katan 17:4
ודאין מערבין שמחה בשמחה מנלן דכתיב (מלכים א ח, סה) ויעש שלמה בעת ההיא את החג וכל ישראל עמו קהל גדול מלבוא חמת עד נחל מצרים [לפני ה' אלהינו] שבעת ימים ושבעת ימים ארבעה עשר יום ואם איתא דמערבין שמחה בשמחה איבעי ליה למינטר עד החג ומיעבד שבעה להכא ולהכא
From the text: So Solomon made the feast at that time and all Israel with him, a great congregation from the entrance of Hamath unto the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings VIII, 65, and more particularly, II Chron. VII, 9.');"><sup>4</sup></span> Now, if it is the fact that one rejoicing may be merged in another rejoicing, he should have kept back the consecration ceremony [of the Temple] for the time of the feast and then have held it for seven days [concurrently], for both one and the other.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To spare the people loss of time and work, as it could best be celebrated leisurely during the festival week.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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