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בשעת שמחה, וליכא. משום חגיגה: הוי דבר שבחובה, וכל דבר שבחובה אינו בא אלא מן החולין.
at the time of rejoicing, on the Festival itself, and if it was slaughtered on the 14th it is not. The mitzva to bring a Festival peace-offering is also not fulfilled, for it is something that is an obligation, as everyone is obligated to bring this offering, and the principle is that anything that is an obligation must come only from that which is unconsecrated, meaning that one cannot bring an obligatory offering from an animal that has already been consecrated for another purpose.
לימא מסייע ליה: ״והיית אך שמח״ — לרבות לילי יום טוב האחרון לשמחה. אתה אומר לילי יום טוב האחרון, או אינו אלא לילי יום טוב הראשון? תלמוד לומר: ״אך (שמח)״ — חלק.
The Talmud proposes: Let us say that a baraita supports him. The verse states: “7 days should you celebrate to YHWH your God in the place that YHWH should choose, for YHWH your God should bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and you should be but joyous” (Deuteronomy 16:15). This verse seems superfluous, as it was already stated in the previous verse: “And you should rejoice in your Festival.” The baraita expounds: “And you should be but joyous” comes to include the last night of the Festival. Even then you must make sure there is rejoicing by eating the appropriate peace-offerings. The baraita considers: Do you say that the verse comes to include the last night of the Festival? Or perhaps it comes to include only the first night of the Festival. Therefore, the verse states: “And you should be but joyous”; the word “but” restricts this mitzva, meaning that there is not always a mitzva to be joyous.