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Sforno on Exodus 23:14/ספורנו על שמות כ״ג:י״ד

אתָּחֹג לִי. כְּעִנְיַן "יִשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֹשָׂיו" (תהלים קמט:ב), עַל הֶפֶךְ "וַיַּרְא אֶת הָעֵגֶל וּמְחֹלֹת" (שמות לב:יט).
1תחוג לי, as we find in Psalms 149,2 ישמח ישראל בעושיו, “the people of Israel rejoice in their Maker.” Such joy on the festivals legislated by G’d is to offset the joy displayed on the occasion of the making of the golden calf, when the Torah reported “when he saw the calf and the people dancing, etc.” (Exodus 32,19).