Midrash · Halachah
Sifrei Devarim 141/ספרי דברים קמ״א
א(דברים טז יד) וְשָׂמַחְתָּ, בְּכָל מִינֵי שְׂמָחוֹת.
1Pisqa’ 141 4811. “And you shall rejoice” (Dt. 16:14)—with every type of[offering that occasions] joy.
ביָכוֹל אַף בְּעוֹפוֹת וּבִמְנָחוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: בְּחַגֶּךָ – בְּמַה שֶׁחֲגִיגָה בָּאָה מֵהֶם, יָצְאוּ עוֹפוֹת וּמְנָחוֹת שֶׁאֵין חֲגִיגָה בָּאָה מֵהֶם.
2Is it possible to say thateven Bird-offerings or Grain-offerings[may be included despite having no association with joy]?482142.3.The Teaching states:“In your Feast” (Dt. 16:14)—that is, rejoice with an offeringfrom which the Festival-offering may be brought.This excludes Bird-offerings or Grain-offerings,from which the Festival-offering may not be brought.483 63.1 and 142.3.
גאַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ – חָבִיב חָבִיב קוֹדֵם.
32. ”You, your son, your daughter, your slave, your slave-girl, the Levite, the migrant,or the fatherless and the widow, who is within your gates” (Dt. 16:14)—[in this list of dependants,]the most favored take precedence.484 69.1.