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Shavuos is about the weeks. That's the easy one. Sukkos is about more than one Sukkah. Not just that we need to build more than one to celebrate the holiday, but because Vayikra 23:43 refers to th...
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#1: Initial revision
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manassehkatz
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2023-06-16T00:06:03Z (over 1 year ago)
Shavuos is about the week**s**. That's the easy one. Sukkos is about more than one Sukkah. Not just that we need to build more than one to celebrate the holiday, but because Vayikra 23:43 refers to the Sukkos (plural) that the Jews lived in. Pesach is singular because it refers not only to the sacrifice (which is single for a family/group but clearly plural for the whole nation) but to the One who did the action of Pasach - Passed Over the Jewish homes. See Shemos 12:27 as an example - I think there are more references, but this the obvious one. We are commanded to make *a* Pesach sacrifice (even though it is really many sacrifices because many people) to Hashem who *passed over*. Same three letters, with same root meaning, just different vowels. The Jews (plural) aren't passing over, they make a sacrifice to remember the One who passed over (singular).