[Avodah] Two days [was: kitniyot]

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From: Akiva Miller via Avodah  <avodah at lists.aishdas.org>


>> But the bottom line is the  the Torah says Shavuos occurs 50 days after
Pesach. If you know Pesach, then  there is absolutely no uncertainty
about Shavuos. <<

Akiva  Miller

 
 
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In the days when they kept two days Pesach because they didn't know  when 
Rosh Chodesh had been, perhaps you can say that by the time Shavuos rolled  
around, the messengers had arrived to tell them when Rosh Chodesh Nissan (and 
 therefore when Pesach) had been so by then they knew for sure when Shavuos 
 was.  But of course we still keep two days of Pesach until now, as  we've 
been discussing, despite the fact that we no longer have a safeik about  the 
date.
 
So your statement, "If you know Pesach, then there is absolutely no  
uncertainty" is not really true or maybe is true but not relevant.  After  all, 
didn't you start counting Sefira on your [second] Seder Night?  Was  that not 
a stira -- counting sefira at the seder?  After all, we're  supposed to 
start counting "mimacharas haShabbos" -- the day AFTER yom tov,  i.e., the first 
day of chol hamo'ed.  So "fifty days after Pesach" turns  out itself to be 
a slightly slippery concept.
 

--Toby  Katz
t613k at aol.com
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