Chagigah 8B

מי שחגיגה באה מהם, יצאו אלו שאין חגיגה באה מהם.

This teaches that eating those animals from which the Festival peace-offering may come, i.e., sheep and cattle, is a fulfillment of the mitzva of rejoicing. This excludes these, i.e., bird-offerings and meal-offerings, from which the Festival peace-offering may not come.

רב אשי אמר: מ״ושמחת״ נפקא. יצאו אלו שאין בהן שמחה.

Rav Ashi said: There is no need to derive this halakha from “And you should rejoice in your feast” by explaining that the word feast is referring to the Festival peace-offering. Rather, this halakha is derived simply from the phrase “And you should rejoice.” This excludes those bird-offerings and meal-offerings that do not have an element of rejoicing, as the joy of eating is provided only by animal meat.

ורב אשי, האי ״בחגך״ מאי עביד ליה? ההוא, לכדרב דניאל בר קטינא. דאמר רב דניאל בר קטינא אמר רב: מניין שאין נושאין נשים במועד ⁠— שנאמר: ״ושמחת בחגך״, ולא באשתך.

The Talmud asks: And what does Rav Ashi do with the phrase: “In your feast”? The Talmud answers: That phrase comes to teach in accordance with the statement of Rav Daniel bar Ketina. As Rav Daniel bar Ketina said that Rav said: From where is it derived that one may not marry a woman on the intermediate days of the Festival? As it is stated: “And you should rejoice in your feast,” indicating that one should rejoice only in your feast and not with your wife.

מתני׳ מי שיש לו אוכלים מרובים ונכסים מועטים ⁠— מביא שלמים מרובים ועולות מועטות. נכסים מרובים ואוכלין מועטין ⁠— מביא עולות מרובות ושלמים מועטין.

Mishnah: One who has many eaters, i.e., members of his household, and a small amount of property, may bring many peace-offerings and few burnt-offerings, so he can feed the members of his household with the peace-offerings. If one has much property and few eaters, he should bring many burnt-offerings and few peace-offerings.

זה וזה מועט ⁠— על זה נאמר: מעה כסף, שתי כסף. זה וזה מרובים ⁠— על זה נאמר: ״איש כמתנת ידו כברכת ה׳ אלהיך אשר נתן לך״.

If both these and those, his property and the members of his household, are few, with regard to this individual it is stated in the Mishnah (2a) that the rabbis established the smallest amount of one silver ma’a for the burnt-offering of appearance in the Temple and two silver coins for the Festival peace-offerings. If both his eaters and his property are many, with regard to this individual it is stated: “Every man should give as he is able, according to the blessing of YHWH your God, which He has given you” (Deuteronomy 16:17).