[Avodah] Zman Simchaseinu

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Tue Oct 10 11:37:26 PDT 2023


On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 05:15:27PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> And Shmini Atzeres / Simchas Torah even more so! Not even any joyous
> mitzvos like sukkah or lulav to bog us down. Only the after-party, as the
> medrash so vividly describes it. And isn't that the best part of the whole
> event?

I think that's what "Atzeres" means, thus Chazal's name for Shavu'os.

No special ediyos commemoratign some event. A day to cap the process we
have been celebrating since the previous chagim (or, before Purim: chag).

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha



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