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with regard to whether or not to recite the blessing over residing in the sukka. According to the one who says that the status of the 8th day is like that of the 7th day with regard to the mitzva of sukka, we also recite the blessing: To reside in the sukka. However, according to the one who says t
The Talmud suggests: And perhaps the reason they did not recite a blessing is that they hold in accordance with the opinion of the one who said: Once he recited the blessing on the first Festival day he does not recite it again on the subsequent days, and not because it was the 8th day. The Talmud a
Some say a different version of the dispute: Everyone agrees that we do not recite the blessing; when they disagree it is with regard to whether to reside in the sukka. According to the one who says that the status of the 8th day is like that of the 7th day with regard to the mitzva of sukka, we res
§ R' Yoḥanan said that one recites the blessing: Who has given us life, sustained us, and brought us to this time, on the 8th day of the Festival, as the 8th day is a Festival distinct from Sukkot, and one does not recite the blessing of time on the 7th day of Passover because it is not a Festival
And R' Levi bar Ḥama said, and some say it was R' Ḥama bar Ḥanina who said: Know that the 8th day of Sukkot is a Festival in and of itself and therefore requires its own blessing, as it is distinct from the 7 days of Sukkot with regard to 3 matters: With regard to sukka, as one is not obligated to