Commentary for Pesachim 141:2

לימא מסייע ליה (דברים טז, טו) והיית אך שמח לרבות לילי י"ט האחרון לשמחה אתה אומר לילי י"ט האחרון או אינו אלא לילי יום טוב הראשון תלמוד לומר אך (שמח) חלק

Shall we say that [the following] supports him? [For it was taught]; And thou shalt be altogether [ak] joyful: this is to include the night of the last day of the Festival for rejoicing. You say, the night of the last day of the Festival; yet perhaps it is not so, but the night of the first day of the Festival? Therefore 'ak' is stated, dividing it. Now what is the reason? Is it not because he has nought wherewith to rejoice! - No: [it is] as it states the reason: Why do you prefer to include the night of the last day of the Festival and to exclude the night of the first day of the Festival? I include the night of the last day of the Festival, because there is rejoicing before it, while I exclude the night of the first day of the Festival, seeing that there is no rejoicing before it. <br>

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