Beitzah 19B

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אבל נדרים ונדבות ⁠— דברי הכל אין קריבין ביום טוב.

However, with regard to vow-offerings and gift-offerings, all agree that they may not be sacrificed on the actual Festival day, as stated by Ulla and Rav Adda bar Ahava.

והני תנאי כי הני תנאי, דתניא: אין מביאין תודה בחג המצות, מפני חמץ שבה. ולא בעצרת ⁠— מפני שהוא יום טוב. אבל מביא אדם תודתו בחג הסוכות.

§ The Talmud comments that in this matter, these tanna’im are like those tanna’im, who also disagreed about the same issue, as it is taught in a baraita: One may not bring a thanks-offering on the festival of Matzot due to the leavened bread included with it, as a thanks-offering must be accompanied by a meal-offering of 40 loaves, 10 of which are leavened bread, which may not be eaten on Passover. Nor may one bring this offering on Shavuot because it is a Festival, on which one may not bring any offering, even one that is eaten, if it is not part of the Festival obligations. However, a person may bring his thanks-offering on the festival of Sukkot.

רבי שמעון אומר: הרי הוא אומר ״בחג המצות ובחג השבועות ובחג הסכות״, כל שבא בחג המצות ⁠— בא בחג השבועות ובחג הסוכות, וכל שלא בא בחג המצות ⁠— אינו בא בחג השבועות ובחג הסוכות. רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון אומר: מביא אדם תודתו בחג הסוכות, ויוצא בה ידי חובתו משום שמחה, ואין יוצא בה משום חגיגה.

The baraita continues: R' Shimon says: But it says: “On the festival of Matzot, on the festival of Shavuot, and on the festival of Sukkot” (Deuteronomy 16:16), to teach: Any offering that comes on the festival of Matzot may come on the festival of Shavuot and on the festival of Sukkot, and any offering that does not come on the festival of Matzot may not come on the festival of Shavuot or on the festival of Sukkot. R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, says: A person may bring his thanks-offering on the festival of Sukkot and fulfill with it his obligation to bring peace-offerings of rejoicing. One fulfills the mitzva to rejoice on a Festival by eating the meat of offerings, and this obligation can be fulfilled with the meat of a thanks-offering. But he does not fulfill with it the obligation to bring a Festival peace-offering.

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