[Avodah] "Es Yom HaShmini Ho'Atzeres Hazeh"

[Elazar M. Teitz]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 09:18:53AM +0000, Elazar M. Teitz wrote:
: (1) The Torah nowhere refers to Shavuos as "atzeres." It is the Talmud
: which does, and which uses the unmodified term to refer exclusively
: to Shavuos.

<Doesn't the relevence of that observation depend on whether tefillos
are written in leshon Tanakh or leshon Chazal?>

     Not when it is in response to a proof being adduced from the Torah's use of the term.

EMT