טז אלא למאי הלכתא כתביה רחמנא לחג הסוכות לאקושיה לחג המצות
16 To show that this one is the determining factor. What exposition then do R'Meir and R'Eliezer B'Jacob give of the words 'on the feast of unleavened bread and on the feast of weeks and on the feast of tabernacles'? - They require them for the same purpose as R'Eleazar B'Oshaia. For R'Eleazar B'Oshaia said: How do we know that [a sacrifice due but not brought on] Pentecost<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Azereth.');"><sup>18</sup></span> can be made up for during the next seven days? Because it says, On the feast of unleavened bread and on the feast of weeks and on the feast of tabernacles. Just as [a sacrifice not brought on the first day of] the feast of Passover can be made up for during the next seven days,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is learnt from the words, And ye shall keep it as a feast to the Lord . . seven days (Ex. XII, 14, 15) . V. Hag. 9a.');"><sup>19</sup></span> so [a sacrifice not brought on] the Feast of Weeks can be made up for during the next seven days. But why should not the Feast of Weeks be put on the same footing [in this respect] as the feast of Tabernacles, so that just as in that case [the duration of the festival is] eight days, so here eight days [shou be allowed]? - The eighth day [of Tabernacles] is a separate festival.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Standing in the same relation to Tabernacles as Pentecost to Passover.');"><sup>20</sup></span> I can still say that we call the eight day a separate festival in respect of P'Z'R' K'SH'B',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' P== payyes (casting lots) ; on the eighth day the twenty-four mishmaroth (wards) of the priests cast lots to see which should officiate, but not on the preceding days, when all officiated in order. Z == zeman (time) ; the blessing sheheheyanu (who has kept us alive) is said on the eighth day, as on the first days of other festivals. R == regel (festival) ; the eighth day is no longer termed 'Tabernacles' but is known as 'the eighth day of solemn assembly'. K == Korban (offering) ; the sacrifice of the day (one bullock, one ram and seven sheep) was quite different from that of the days of Tabernacles. SH == shir (song) ; the psalm chanted by the Levites was not the same as that for Tabernacles. B == berakah (blessing) ; on this day, in the time of the Monarchy, a blessing was said for the king, in memory of the dedication of the Temple, when, as we read, on the eighth day the people blessed the king (I Kings, VIII, 66) Cf. Yoma 3a, Suk. 48a.');"><sup>21</sup></span> but that in the matter of compensation all agree that this can be made on it for the first day, as we have learnt: If one did not bring his festival sacrifice on the first of Tabernacles, he can bring during the whole of the festival, including the last day of the festival? - If you grasp a lot you cannot hold it, if you grasp a little you can hold it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A proverbial saying, indicating here that Pentecost should be put on a level in this respect with Passover which has the smaller number of days, not with Tabernacles.');"><sup>22</sup></span> But what injunction then<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the Feast of Weeks is not to be put on the same footing as Tabernacles.');"><sup>23</sup></span> did the All-Merciful indicate by mentioning the festival of Tabernacles [in this verse]? - [It is mentioned] in order to be put on the same footing as the feast of Passover [in this respect]: