{"id":9357,"date":"2000-12-10T00:03:15","date_gmt":"2000-12-09T22:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=9357"},"modified":"2019-05-15T12:14:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T09:14:41","slug":"12-10-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/12-10-03\/","title":{"rendered":"03. Rejoicing, Festive Meals, and Clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a mitzva for everyone to enjoy \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> with their family and household members, as we read (Devarim 16:14): \u201cYou shall rejoice in your festival with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow in your communities\u201d (MT, Laws of Yom Tov 6:17).<\/p>\n

This mitzva of sim\u1e25a<\/em> should be expressed through food and clothing, as these are the means generally used to express joy. Additionally, since \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> is a sacred occasion in a certain sense (see section 1 above), one should sanctify it with \u201cfood, drink, and clean clothing\u201d (Sifra<\/em>, Emor 12:4).<\/p>\n

Therefore, it is a mitzva to have two proper meals on each day of \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> and to serve bread as well as food that people enjoy. It is also a mitzva to drink a revi\u2019it<\/em> (roughly 2.5 oz or 75 ml) of wine, which brings joy. The mitzva can be fulfilled with other alcoholic beverages, but wine is the best, as it is the finest beverage. One who enjoys eating meat should preferably eat meat or poultry during these meals. All who honor and glorify the festivals, spending generously to enjoy them with food and drink for the sake of heaven, will receive double reward (Arizal). One who finds it difficult to eat two meat meals a day may skip the meat at one of the meals but should make sure to have other food he enjoys. It is customary to cover the table with a tablecloth throughout \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, as one does on Yom Tov (AHS 530:4).<\/p>\n

Since the days of \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> are not actually Yom Tov, having a meal with bread then is a mitzva but not an obligation. One who does not want to eat bread during these meals is not required to do so. Similarly, one who does not want to have extra food or to drink wine is not required to do so. Nevertheless, his meals on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> still must be superior to his weekday meals. If he eats the same way on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> as he does during the week, he is denigrating the festival, and the Sages have stated: \u201cOne who belittles \u1e24ol<\/em> Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> has no portion in the World to Come\u201d (Pirkei<\/em> Avot<\/em> 3:11, following Rashi and R. Ovadia of Bertinoro).<\/p>\n

Since there is no obligation to eat bread at the \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> meals, one who ate bread but forgot to include Ya\u2019aleh Ve-yavo<\/em> in Birkat Ha-mazon<\/em> need not repeat it. The basic principle is that a day on which there is no obligation to eat bread, one who forgets to invoke the day need not repeat Birkat Ha-mazon<\/em> (SA 188:7; 2:6 above).<\/p>\n

On \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, there is a mitzva to wear nice clothing that brings one joy. Especially meticulous people wear Shabbat clothes on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, but this is not obligatory. However, it is obligatory that there be a noticeable difference between the clothes worn on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> and those worn during the week.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Included in the mitzva of sim\u1e25a<\/em> is doing enjoyable things such as singing, dancing, and tiyulim<\/em> (outings). Each person should do what makes him happy (1:13 above).<\/p>\n

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\n[2]<\/a>. Rambam states that the mitzva to rejoice applies to \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed <\/em>just as it applies to Yom Tov (MT, Laws of Yom Tov 6:17). SAH 529:5 adds that the mitzvot<\/em> of kavod<\/em> and oneg<\/em> are not applicable since \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> is not considered a sacred occasion. However, in Mekhilta De-Rashbi<\/em> (Bo, 9) we find that \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> is indeed considered a sacred occasion, and thus there is a mitzva to sanctify it through food, drink, and clean clothes. SHT 530:4 explains that \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> has an in-between status: on one hand, it does not have the same level of work prohibition as Yom Tov, and therefore there is no obligation to eat bread at its meals. Accordingly, if one forgot to recite Ya\u2019aleh Ve-yavo<\/em> in Birkat Ha-mazon<\/em> on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, he need not repeat it (SA 188:7). On the other hand, since \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> is a sacred occasion in a certain sense, there is a mitzva to eat bread at its meals and honor it by wearing nice clothes. See Peninei Halakha:<\/em> Pesa\u1e25<\/em> 12:1, where we cite the opinion that there is a mitzva to recite \u201cha-motzi<\/em>\u201d and eat matza twice a day on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed <\/em>Pesa\u1e25. Some extrapolate from this that there is a similar mitzva to recite \u201cha-motzi<\/em>\u201d and eat bread twice a day on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed <\/em>Sukkot (MB 639:24).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a mitzva for everyone to enjoy \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed with their family and household members, as we read (Devarim 16:14): \u201cYou shall rejoice in your festival with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow in your communities\u201d (MT, Laws of Yom Tov 6:17). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12-10"],"yoast_head":"\n03. 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