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[Marty Bluke via Avodah]

R' Akiva Miller wrote:
"Shavuos mochiach.

Even with *ancient* communications, the whole world knew the correct
date of Rosh Chodesh Nisan by the time Shavuos arrived. Nine weeks and
one day later, it is Shavuos.

Rosh Chodesh Iyar is irrelevant. Rosh Chodesh Sivan is irrelevant. If
you know Rosh Chodesh Nisan, then you know Shavuos. It's just
arithmetic.

Obviously, uncertainty about R"C Nisan is NOT the only reason to have
a second day of Shavuos. There must be other reasons too. If you can
discover all of them, and explain all of them, and explain how Shavuos
fits, *then* we can discuss "gezerot that no longer make sense"."

The Chasam Sofer explains based on the  Rambam (Mishneh Torah, Hilkhos
Kiddush Ha-Chodesh 3:12), that the reason for 2 days of Shavuos so as not
differentiate between holidays, since the other holidays had a second day
the Sages decreed a second day for Shavuos as well. The Chasam Sofer has a
fascinating chiddush about this. He understands this to mean that for most
holidays, the second day of Yom Tov was established based on a doubt. But
the second day of Shavuos was established as a certainty. Therefore, the
rules are even stricter than on the second day of other holidays.
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