Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Welcome to the Judaism community on Codidact!

Will you help us build our community of learners? Drop into our study hall, ask questions, help others with answers to their questions, share a d'var torah if you're so inclined, invite your friends, and join us in building this community together. Not an ask-the-rabbi service, just people at all levels learning together.

Comments on Does "החג" include שמיני עצרת?

Post

Does "החג" include שמיני עצרת?

+3
−0

I commonly see "החג" (or "חג"), literally "the holiday", explained as referring to the holiday of Sukos. I wonder whether it's correct or whether, as I suspect, it refers to the combined celebrations of Sukos and Sh'mini Atzeres. The reasons for that my suspicion are:

  • that the prayer for rain is said on Sh'mini Atzeres, and the mishna in Rosh Hashana says that God passes judgement about rain on "החג";
  • that Shulchan Aruch, OC 644:1, says that we say halel on "all the eight days of החג‎"; and
  • that the combination has no other name that I know of, so it makes sense to give it this name, whereas Sukos has another name, so doesn't need a new one.

Do any sources explicitly address the possibility the "החג" refers to the entire period? Do they accept or reject it and why?

History
Why does this post require attention from curators or moderators?
You might want to add some details to your flag.
Why should this post be closed?

1 comment thread

General comments (2 comments)
General comments
AA ‭ wrote about 4 years ago · edited about 4 years ago

Other examples of חג including the last day is the braitas on Megila 5a and 32a as well as the last mishna there, in particular the elaboration in the tosefta 3:3 ובשאר ימות החג בקרבנות החג... בשמיני ביום השמיני

AA ‭ wrote about 4 years ago · edited about 4 years ago

Taanit mishna 1:3 says 7 marcheshvan is 15 days after חג. So either חג goes through 22 Tishrei or Tishrei has 29 days, no?