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Ramban on Leviticus 23:8/רמב"ן על ויקרא כ״ג:ח׳

אוְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה לַה' שִׁבְעַת יָמִים יֹאמַר שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כָּל שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים חַג לְהַקְרִיב אִשֶּׁה לַה', לֹא לְהֵאָסֵר בִּמְלָאכָה כְּרִאשׁוֹן וּשְׁבִיעִי. וְלֹא פֵּרֵשׁ הָאִשֶּׁה כִּי הוּא עָתִיד לְהַזְכִּירוֹ בְּפָרָשָׁה מְיֻחֶדֶת לְכָל אִשֵּׁי הַמּוֹעֲדִים (סוף פרשת פנחס), כַּאֲשֶׁר רָצָה שֶׁיִּנְהֲגוּ בָּהֶן וּכְפִי מַה שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי (רמב"ן על ויקרא כ"ג:ב'). וּמִדְרַשׁ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (תו"כ פרק יא ה) לוֹמַר שֶׁנַּקְרִיב בָּהֶן אִשֶּׁה מִכָּל מָקוֹם, אע"פ שֶׁאֵין לָנוּ כָּל הַמּוּסָפִין שְׁלֵמִים. וְנָכוֹן הוּא:

1AND YE SHALL BRING AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE UNTO THE ETERNAL SEVEN DAYS. Scripture is stating that all seven days [of Passover] should be a festival to bring an offering made by fire unto the Eternal,²³⁹ but not that they are all equally forbidden as far as doing work, like on the first and seventh days. He did not explain [here the precise nature of] the offering, since He is going to mention it in a special section dealing with all the offerings of the festivals,¹⁶⁶ when it is His wish that they should be binding on the children of Israel, and as I have explained.²⁴⁰ And the interpretation of our Rabbis²⁴¹ 10:5. is that [the intention of the verse here] is to state that we are to bring an offering under all circumstances, even if we do not have all the [required] Additional Offerings. This is a correct [explanation].