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THE DAFYOMI DISCUSSION LIST brought to you by Kollel Iyun Hadaf of Yerushalayim Rosh Kollel Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] [REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE TO DISCUSS THE DAF WITH THE KOLLEL] ________________________________________________________________ Shabbos 131b: Kal va'Chomer to eat Matzah on Sukos levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: Why don;t we make a kal vechomer that surely pesach where you have to eat matzah and u don't sit in a sukkah, yet you have to eat matzah...surely sukkos where u have to sit in a sukkah u should have to eat matzah!?!?! levi, brooklyn ny ---------------------------------------------- The Kollel replies: There are many possible Pirchos to your Kal vaChomer, which show that Pesach is more Chamur than Sukos. For example, Chametz is Asur on Pesach but not on Sukos, so, too, we are required to eat Matzah only on Pesach (and we cannot learn an Onesh for eating Chametz on Sukos from the same Kal va'Chomer, since Ein Onshin Min ha'Din). D. Zupnik ------ Actually, the Gemara links Sukos to Pesach with a Gezeirah Shavah (Shabbos 131b). If so, even a Pircha should not stop us from applying the laws of Pesach to Sukos. Why then is there no Mitzvah of Matzah on Sukos (or sitting in a Sukah on Pesach)? Apparently the implication of the very verses that teach the Mitzvos of Matzah and Sukah is that these Mitzvos apply *only* seven days of the year, and no more (see Shemos 12:15; Vayikra 23:42 etc.). M. Kornfeld To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in the body of the message: unsubscribe daf-discuss