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Rabbi, Why Does the Holiday of Shavuot Only Have 2 Days?

Rabbi Chaim Mintz

Rabbi Chaim Mintz answers questions during a live class at Oorah's Torah Spot.

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most of the holidays it's about eight days seven days and shabat is just one day and here it's two days well at the two days is because of galut that's why we keep two days yes but is considered a part of P it's sort of the ongoing the great ramban tells us that the days between p and

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  1. 0:00most of the holidays it's about eight days seven days and shabat is just one day
  2. 0:30that the days between p and PES itself and Suk has so it's considered like the
  3. 1:02Egypt is considered that we accepted the Torah M so it's all one like one long

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