[Avodah] girsa d'yankusa

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 03:42:57PM -0500, David Riceman wrote:
> I vividly remember one of my high school rebbeim insisting that Yom  
> Kippur is a Yom Simcha.  Recently I encountered (Massaches Sofrim 19:6):  
> "ein mazkirin bo [on YK] lo moed v'lo simchah she'ain simchah b'lo 
> achilah".
>
> Has my memory failed or am I missing something?

What about the last mishnah in Taanis?
    Amar R' Shim'on ben Gamliel:
    Lo hayu yamim tovim liYsrael ke15 be'Av ukeYHK.

The gemara takes YK for granted, because it has selichah umechilah and is
the anniversary of the 2nd luchos.

The (Y-mi 4:7, vilna 26a) says it's a day of kaparah. Interesting that
the Bavli then chose the two other terms. Related MIGHT be whether YK
is a happy day even without the evidence of the tolaas shani removing
all doubt that kaparah was indeed achieved. The Y-mi implies it isn't,
and the Bavli implies that YK today retains its happy nature. Which fits
the Bavli also mentioning the 2nd luchos.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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