חגיגה א׳:ב׳ - א׳:ג׳

הראיה שתי כסף – an adult who comes to be seen [in the Temple during the Three Pilgrimage Festivals] must bring a burnt offering, as it states (Exodus 23:15): “and none shall appear before Me empty-handed” (though the same connotation is found in Deuteronomy 16:16 – “…They shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.”), which is not less than two silver MAOT, which are the weight of thirty-two globules/stones from purified silver.

וחגיגה – festival peace-offerings, as the Torah states (Exodus 12:14): “[This day shall be to you one of remembrance:] you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD [throughout the ages]….,” that is to say, they brought festival peace-offerings, none less than a silver M’AH, and even though there is no fixed measure for “appearing” and for the festival offering, as it is written (Deuteronomy 16:17): “But each with his own gift, [according to the blessing that the LORD your God has bestowed upon you],” the Sages gave them a lower fixed measure, that he should not bring less than this.

הראיה מאה כסף וחגיגה שתי כסף – for peace-offerings have in them for God and the Kohanim and their owners, therefore they are more plentiful than burnt-offerings, which lack in them other than for the All-High (God), and except for the burnt-offering of appearance and the festival peace-offerings that are mentioned in our Mishnah, they also had to bring an additional other kind of peace-offering, and they are called peace-offerings of rejoicing, as it is written (Deuteronomy 27:7): “And you shall sacrifice there offerings of well-being and eat them, rejoicing [before the LORD your God].” But the peace-offerings of rejoicing (called “offerings of well-being” in the Torah) are not mentioned here [in the Mishnah]. And the Sages did not give them a particular [required] measure. But women are obligated in them as are men, for as regards “rejoicing,” women were commanded, as is it written (Deuteronomy 14:26): “…And you shall feast there, [in the presence of the LORD your God,] and rejoice with your household.”

עולות באות מן החולין – Our Mishnah is deficient and should be read as follows: burnt-offerings, offerings made by vow and free-will offerings, during the Intermediate Days of the Festival (i.e., Hol HaMoed) – is comes [from them i.e., burnt-offerings, offerings made by vow and free-will offerings, but on Yom Tov (the “holy day”) itself, they do not come [from them]. But the burnt-offering of “appearance” is brought even on Yom Tov, even though it has indemnity all seven [days], the essence of its commandment is on the first day of Yom Tov, and when it is brought, it does not come from other than non-sacred [animals]. But the peace-offerings of rejoicing come from the [Second] Tithe, meaning, we can bring peace-offerings of rejoicing from the monies of the Second Tithe, since the peace-offerings of rejoicing are not obligatory in a place where there is meat. And behold, there are monies of the Second Tithe to spend in Jerusalem. Therefore, he should purchase with them peace-offerings and consume them, but the Festival offering of the First Day of Yom Tov, is a matter of obligation, even if he has a lot of meat. For anything that is because it is a matter of obligation, it does not come other than from non-sacred [animals] and not from the [Second] Tithe.

בי"ט ראשון של פסח – The same rule applies regarding the First Day of the other Festivals, but for this [purpose] he took “Passover,” since there is [on] the Eve of Passover another Festival offering, when the group united for eating the Passover lamb in company (see Exodus 12:4) is larger m they would bring with them the Festival offering, in order that the Passover [lamb] sacrifice would be eaten after the appetite is satisfied (see Tosefta Pesahim, Chapter 5, Halakha 3), and our Mishnah comes to teach us that the Festival offering (i.e., Hagigah) itself does not come from anything other than non-sacred [animals], but the Festival offering of the fourteenth [of Nisan] comes from the [Second] Tithe.

ובה"א מן המעשר – In the Gemara, an objection is raised: why is this a matter that is obligatory? Since everything that is an obligation, does not come other than from non-sacred [animals]. And it responds that one combines [from two different monetary sources] (see Talmud Hagigah 8a) – that he combines Second Tithe monies with the [monies used to purchase the Festival offering/Pilgrim’s offering for] non-sacred animals and brings it [to the Temple]. If he has [with him] many “consumers” (i.e., people who need to eat), and he does not have sufficient with one animal, he brings one animal for the Festival offering from the non-sacred [animals], and the rest comes from the Second Tithe monies, and even though all of comes [for sacrifice] on the First Day of Yom Tov, the “name” of Hagigah/Festival offering is upon them. Nevertheless, the School of Hillel holds that it is permissible to bring the rest from the [Second] Tithe since he has already fulfilled his religious obligation on the First Day from the non-sacred [animals].