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כל יומא? דחג חלוקין בקרבנותיהן, דפסח אין חלוקין בקרבנותיהן.
every day, but only on the 1st day? The Talmud answers: The days of the festival of Sukkot are distinct from one another with regard to their additional offerings, as the number of bulls offered changes each day of Sukkot (see Numbers 29:12–38). Since each day is unique, the full hallel is recited on each day. By contrast, the days of Passover are not distinct from one another with regard to their additional offerings (see Numbers 28:24), and therefore the full hallel is recited only on the 1st day, which is the 1st day on which the additional offerings for a Festival are sacrificed.
שבת דחלוקה בקרבנותיה, לימא! לא איקרי ״מועד״.
The Talmud objects: On Shabbat, which is also distinct from the other days of the week with regard to its additional offerings, let us say hallel. The Talmud explains: Shabbat is not called an appointed day in the Torah, and hallel is recited only on days that are referred to in the Torah as appointed days (see Leviticus 23:4), which are days of rejoicing.
ראש חודש דאיקרי ״מועד״, לימא! לא איקדיש בעשיית מלאכה, דכתיב: ״השיר יהיה לכם כליל התקדש חג״ — לילה המקודש לחג טעון שירה, ושאין מקודש לחג אין טעון שירה.
The Talmud objects: On Rosh Chodesh, which is called an appointed day, let us say hallel. The Talmud explains: Rosh Chodesh is not sanctified with regard to the prohibition against the performance of labor, and hallel is recited only on a day that is sanctified, as it is written: “You should have a song as in the night when a festival is sanctified” (Isaiah 30:29), which indicates that a night that is sanctified as a Festival, which includes a prohibition of labor, requires song, but one that is not sanctified as a Festival does not require song.