## Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 545

###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 545:1
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ושם "**חג**" הונח על החגיגה שהיו מקריבים בימי מועד; רוצה לומר שלמי שמחה. ועל כן ראש השנה ויום הכפורים לא נקראו בשם "חג" בשום מקום. (אמור ס' קצא)

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
The noun **חג** (holiday) is used for the holiday offerings that were sacrificed in the days of the appointed times; it means to say שלמי שמחה (peace-offerings of joy). Thus, New Year’s Day and the Day of Atonement are not called by the name חג anywhere.

*On New Year’s Day and the Day of Atonement, God did not command the Israelites to bring up peace-offerings of joy, only on Passover, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. Therefore, the word*חג*does not pertain to New Year’s Day or the Day of Atonement.*