Midrash · Halachah
Sifrei Devarim 139/ספרי דברים קל״ט
א(דברים טז יב) וְזָכַרְתָּ כִּי עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ בְּמִצְרָיִם וְשָׁמַרְתָּ וְעָשִׂיתָ [אֶת הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה], מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל שֶׁנּוֹהֲגִים בַּעֲצֶרֶת נוֹהֲגִים בְּפֶסַח וְחַג, אוֹ אַף כָּל שֶׁנּוֹהֲגִים בְּפֶסַח וְחַג יְהוּ נוֹהֲגִים בַּעֲצֶרֶת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: אֵלֶּה – אֵלֶּה נוֹהֲגִים בַּעֲצֶרֶת, וְאֵין סֻכָּה וְלוּלָב וְשִׁבְעָה וּמַצָּה נוֹהֲגִים בַּעֲצֶרֶת.
1Pisqa’ 1394751. “So that you remember that you were a slave in Egypt,and you preserve and observe these laws” (Dt. 16:12).Does this teach thatpractices mandated for the Closure-festival[regarding productive work]apply to Passover and the Feast [of Huts as well]?Or, might it even teach thatpractices mandated forPassover and the Feastapply to the Closure-festival [of each]?The Teaching states:“These laws” (Dt. 16:12)—these teaches thatthese [prohibitions of productive labor]apply [only] to the Closure-festival.But [the practice of dwelling in] the Festival-hut,waving the Palm-frond,the seven-days [of Passover and the Feast],and the unleavened-bread [of Passover]do not apply to the Closure-festival.