Mitzvah of Holiday Joy - Simchat Yom Tov

Celebratory Offerings of Joy

General Requirement to make one's household happy: Pesachim 109a; Kiddushin 34b, 35a

The term "Simchah [Joy]" represents the celebration of Holidays: Megillah 16b

Requirement to gladden widows/poor women who live nearby: Kiddushin 34b

Whether women are obligated: Eruvin 27a; Kiddushin 34a

Staying at home on the holiday: Succah 27b

Specific gifts to give: Pesachim 109a

Fasting on a holiday, for a limited time or for the whole day: Eruvin 41a

Eating to satisfy the requirement of joy: Moed Katan 14b

Wine [as a substitute for the Temple Offerings]: Pesachim 109a

New clothing: Pesachim 109a

For a Deaf and Mute Person and a Mute Person: Chagigah 2b-3a

Number of days of the Mitzvah, on Succot: Succah 42b, 48a

Marrying on Holidays: Chagigah 8b

Allowing collection of loans made orally on Holidays, to prevent losing Joy of the Holiday: Shabbat 148b

Whether the joy of Yom Tov is so important that we overlook certain halachic considerations in order to ensure that one will create this joy: Beitzah 7b, 8a, 9b-10a, 11a-b

Exercising leniency regarding laws of impurity, in order to ensure that people will bake ample bread and open good wine for Yom Tov: Beitzah 11b



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