Jewish%20thought for Moed Katan 48:11

רבינא איקלע לסורא דפרת א"ל רב חביבא מסורא דפרת לרבינא אמר מר יום אחד לפני ראש השנה וראש השנה הרי כאן ארבעה עשר אמר ליה אנא מסתברא כרבן גמליאל הוא דאמינא:

Just as the Feast of Un leavened Bread has a supplementary [period] to full seven days [for the celebration offerings],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Hag. 9a.');">¹⁴</span> the Feast of Weeks<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., Azereth, though essentially a Feast of but one day.');">¹⁵</span> has likewise a supplementary extension [for festive offerings] of full seven days.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The same argument applies to the analogy with the Feast of Tabernacles which has a range of eight days; but this argument is logically questioned, as thereby the one-day Feast of Weeks would be entitled to a day more than the seven-day Feast of Mazzoth; besides, it is shown that the eighth day of Tabernacles is, by virtue of its special sacrificial tariff a distinct Feast by itself. Cf. Hag. ');">¹⁶</span>

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