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# Take the YT Train
- URL: https://studio3.space/take-the-yt-train/
- Published: 2026-04-05T17:01:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-05T18:59:07.000Z
- Author: Jamie Moshe Straz
- Tags: judaism

## The Question

Every *Yuntiv*, same *bentching*. Same *Ya'aleh v'Yavo*. Same *YT HaRachaman*: "*Hu yanchileinu yom shekulo tov*," "May the Merciful One grant us a day that is entirely good." ¹ All three *Regalim* share it.

Above that baseline, the three *Regalim* diverge.

On *Sukkos*, we add the *sukkas Dovid HaRachaman*: "*Hu yakim lanu es sukkas Dovid hanofales*," "May the Merciful One raise up for us the fallen *sukkah* of *Dovid*." ² Every day. All seven. Even on *Chol HaMoed*, when the *YT HaRachaman* itself drops away. ³ ⁴

On *Pesach*, the first days carry an expanded *HaRachaman*: "*yom shekulo aruch, yom she'tzaddikim yoshvim v'atroseihem b'rosheihem v'nehenin mi'ziv haShechinah*," "a day that is entirely long, where the righteous sit with their crowns upon their heads, deriving pleasure from the radiance of the *Shechinah*." ⁵

On *Shavuos*: nothing additional.

Why?

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## The Mitzvos Hayom

*Sukkos* is the most physical *Yuntiv* we have. Your body is inside the *sukkah*. ⁶ The *sukkah* itself represents the *Ananei HaKavod*, the clouds of glory: a physical presence that surrounded and protected *Klal Yisrael*, that our bodies benefited from. ⁷ You hold the *lulav* and *esrog*. *Simchas Beis HaShoeva*. Physical *mitzvos* from the first day through the seventh.

*Pesach*: the *d'Oraisa* obligation, *matzah* and *korban Pesach*, is the first days. ⁸ The rest of the *chag* is defined by absence: not eating *chametz*, not possessing it. A physical constraint expressed through what you don't have. ⁹

*Shavuos* has no physical *mitzvah* at all. No structure. No required food. No object to hold. The date itself isn't fixed to a calendar day by the Torah, derived by counting. ¹⁰ *Sefirah* is an ascent of spiritual levels leading up to *Shavuos*. The whole *chag* operates on a spiritual register.

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## The Hint

The *HaRachaman* additions seemingly hint at this.

*Sukkos*: the physical *mitzvos hayom* run the entire *chag*, first day through seventh. The *sukkas Dovid HaRachaman* runs the entire *chag*, first day through seventh. Even through *Chol HaMoed*.

*Pesach*: the physical *mitzvos hayom*, *matzah* and *korban Pesach d'Oraisa*, are the first days only. The expanded *HaRachaman* is the first days only.

*Shavuos*: no physical *mitzvos hayom*. No additional *HaRachaman*.

The unique *HaRachaman seemingly* mirrors the duration of the physical *mitzvah*.

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## The 3's

> "שְׁלֹשָׁה כְתָרִים הֵן: כֶּֽתֶר תּוֹרָה, וְכֶֽתֶר כְּהֻנָּה, וְכֶֽתֶר מַלְכוּת…"  
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> "Three crowns there are: the crown of *Torah*, the crown of priesthood, the crown of kingship…"  
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> *Avos* 4:13; *Yoma* 72b ¹¹ ¹²

> "אַתָּה בְחַרְתָּנוּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים, אָהַבְתָּ אוֹתָנוּ, וְרָצִיתָ בָּנוּ"  
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> "You chose us from all the peoples, You loved us, You desired us."  
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> *Tefillos Shalosh Regalim* (Yom Tov Amidah) ¹³

| CROWNAvos 4:13 / Yoma 72b               | KLIYoma 72b              | PASUKAta V'chartanu            | YUNTIVSiach Yitzchak     |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------ |
| Keter Malchusכֶּתֶר מַלְכוּתKingship    | ShulchanשֻׁלְחָןTable    | V'chartanuבְחַרְתָּנוּChoosing | PesachפֶּסַחPassover     |
| Keter Torahכֶּתֶר תּוֹרָהTorah          | AronאָרוֹןArk            | AhavtaאָהַבְתָּLove            | ShavuosשָׁבוּעוֹתWeeks   |
| Keter Kehunahכֶּתֶר כְּהֻנָּהPriesthood | Mizbei'achמִזְבֵּחַAltar | V'ratzisaוְרָצִיתָAcceptance   | SukkosסֻכּוֹתTabernacles |

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## Choosing

*V'chartanu*. בחר. ¹⁴ That's *Malchus*. That's *Pesach*.

The *korban Pesach* was a choice. Take the god of *Mitzrayim*, slaughter it publicly, put the blood on the doorpost. ¹⁵ *Matzah*, the removal of *chametz*: you are choosing to be different. *Hashem* choosing us, us choosing back. That's what makes a nation. The *Shulchan* is the king's table, the place where the choice is made manifest through food.

## Love

*Ahavta*. That's *Torah*. That's *Shavuos*.

Torah transmitted through love. *Av* and *banim*. *Rebbe* and *talmid*. No physical *mitzvah* because the transmission is relational, not material. The Aron houses the *Luchos*. The core of the relationship.

## Acceptance

*V'ratzisa*. ר-צ-ה. ¹⁶ Same root as *retzei*: to want, to desire. Same root as "*v'nirtza lo l'chapeir alav.*" That's *Kehunah*. That's *Sukkos*.

After the *Yamim Nora'im*. After the judgment is sealed. The acceptance is expressed through full-body *avodah*. *Sukkah*. *Lulav*. *Esrog*. *Simchas Beis HaShoeva*. The 70 *Karbanos* for all the nations. ¹⁷ Same root in *Shmini Atzeres*: "*kasheh alai preidaschem*" ¹⁸: He wants us to stay. *Ratzon*.

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The Year 

S 

Sukkos Physical 

P 

Pesach Physical 

S 

Shavuos Spiritual 

*Pesach* to *Shavuos*: physical to spiritual. Choosing leads to love. *Malchus* leads to *Torah*. Forty-nine days of counting, ascending.

*Yamim Nora'im* to *Sukkos*: spiritual to physical. Judgment leads to embodied acceptance. *Din* leads to *Kehunah*.

Physical to spiritual. Spiritual to physical. A continuous loop to keep us moving through the year. ¹⁹ ²⁰

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## Notes

¹ Standard *YT HaRachaman nusach*. הוּא יַנְחִילֵנוּ יוֹם שֶׁכֻּלּוֹ טוֹב. "May He grant us a day that is entirely good."

² *Amos* 9:11 ([sefaria.org/Amos.9.11](https://www.sefaria.org/Amos.9.11?ref=studio3.space)). בַּיֹּום הַהוּא אָקִים אֶת סֻכַּת דָּוִיד הַנֹּפֶלֶת וְגָדַרְתִּי אֶת פִּרְצֵיהֶן וַהֲרִסֹתָיו אָקִים וּבְנִיתִיהָ כִּימֵי עוֹלָם. "On that day I will raise up the fallen *sukkah* of David. I will mend its breaches and raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old."

³ *Magen Avraham* OC 490:1; *Mishnah Berurah* 490:5\. *Chol HaMoed* is not termed "*Yom Tov*," therefore the *YT HaRachaman* is not said.

⁴ *Shulchan Aruch HaRav*. The *Sukkos HaRachaman* holds on *Chol HaMoed* even when the *YT HaRachaman* does not. *Chochmas Shlomo* 664 dissents.

⁵ *Brachos* 17a:13 ([sefaria.org/Berakhot.17a.13](https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.17a.13?ref=studio3.space)). מַרְגְּלָא בְּפוּמֵיהּ דְּרַב: הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא אֵין בּוֹ לֹא אֲכִילָה וְלֹא שְׁתִיָּה וְלֹא פְּרִיָּה וּרְבִיָּה וְלֹא מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן וְלֹא קִנְאָה וְלֹא שִׂנְאָה וְלֹא תַּחֲרוּת, אֶלָּא צַדִּיקִים יוֹשְׁבִין וְעַטְרוֹתֵיהֶם בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶם וְנֶהֱנִים מִזִּיו הַשְּׁכִינָה. "Rav was accustomed to say: The World to Come has no eating, no drinking, no procreation, no commerce, no jealousy, no hatred, and no competition. Rather, the righteous sit with their crowns upon their heads, enjoying the radiance of the *Shechinah*."

⁶ *Sukkah* 27a ([sefaria.org/Sukkah.27a](https://www.sefaria.org/Sukkah.27a?ref=studio3.space)). נֶאֱמַר כָּאן חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר, מָה לְהַלָּן לַיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן חוֹבָה, אַף כָּאן לַיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן חוֹבָה. "*Gezeira shava* from *Pesach*: it says 'the fifteenth' here (*Vayikra* 23:34) and it says 'the fifteenth' there (*Vayikra* 23:6). Just as there the first night is obligatory, so too here the first night is obligatory."

⁷ *Sukkah* 11b ([sefaria.org/Sukkah.11b](https://www.sefaria.org/Sukkah.11b?ref=studio3.space)). דְּתַנְיָא: כִּי בַסֻּכּוֹת הוֹשַׁבְתִּי אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, עַנְנֵי כָבוֹד הָיוּ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: סוּכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ עָשׂוּ לָהֶם. "As it was taught: 'For I made the children of Israel dwell in *sukkos*' (*Vayikra* 23:43). These were the clouds of glory, the words of R' Eliezer. R' Akiva says: they made for themselves actual *sukkos*."

⁸ *Pesachim* 120a ([sefaria.org/Pesachim.120a](https://www.sefaria.org/Pesachim.120a?ref=studio3.space)). בָּעֶרֶב תֹּאכְלוּ מַצֹּת (*Shemos* 12:18). "In the evening you shall eat *matzos*." Eating *matzah* on days 2 through 7 is *reshus*. Only the first night is *d'Oraisa*. *Korban Pesach* likewise first night.

⁹ See "[A Small Window of Opportunity](https://studio3.space/a-small-window-of-opportunity/)" (Jamie Moshe Straz, יעקב משה סטרז) for extended discussion of the *korban Pesach* as an act of public choosing and declaration.

¹⁰ *Sifri*, *Parshas Re'eh*. עֲצֶרֶת שֶׁחָל בִּזְמַן שֶׁעוֹשִׂין מְלָאכָה בַּשָּׂדוֹת, אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא יוֹם אֶחָד, לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה חָסָה עַל מָמוֹנָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל. "*Atzeres* (*Shavuos*), which falls at a time when work is done in the fields, is only one day, to teach that the Torah has mercy on the property of Israel." *Shavuos* has no unique physical *mitzvah*. The date is not stated explicitly in the Torah, derived by counting 50 days from the *Omer*.

¹¹ *Avos* 4:13 ([sefaria.org/Pirkei\_Avot.4.13](https://www.sefaria.org/Pirkei%5FAvot.4.13?ref=studio3.space)). רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, שְׁלֹשָׁה כְתָרִים הֵן: כֶּֽתֶר תּוֹרָה, וְכֶֽתֶר כְּהֻנָּה, וְכֶֽתֶר מַלְכוּת, וְכֶֽתֶר שֵׁם טוֹב עוֹלֶה עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן. "Rabbi Shimon says: There are three crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of kingship, and the crown of a good name rises above them all." The Gra notes that *Keter Shem Tov* corresponds to the *Menorah*, which had no *zer*: טוֹב שֵׁם מִשֶּׁמֶן טוֹב, "A good name is better than fine oil" (*Koheles* 7:1). See footnote 20.

¹² *Yoma* 72b:5 ([sefaria.org/Yoma.72b.5](https://www.sefaria.org/Yoma.72b.5?ref=studio3.space)). אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: שְׁלֹשָׁה זֵרִים הֵם: שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ, וְשֶׁל אָרוֹן, וְשֶׁל שֻׁלְחָן. שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ, זָכָה אַהֲרֹן וּנְטָלוֹ. שֶׁל שֻׁלְחָן, זָכָה דָּוִד וּנְטָלוֹ. שֶׁל אָרוֹן, עֲדַיִין מֻנָּח הוּא, כָּל הָרוֹצֶה לִיטּוֹל יָבוֹא וְיִטּוֹל. "R' Yochanan said: There are three crowns (*zerim*): of the *Mizbei'ach*, of the Aron, and of the *Shulchan*. The one of the *Mizbei'ach*, Aharon merited and took it. The one of the *Shulchan*, David merited and took it. The one of the Aron is still waiting: whoever wishes to take it, let him come and take it." Confirmed by Rabbeinu Yonah on *Avos* 4:13 (citing *Yalkut Shemos* 368), Rambam, Bartenura, Gra, Maharal (*Derech Chayyim*), Nachalas Avos, Magen Avos, *Machzor Vitry*.

¹³ *Siach Yitzchak*, R' Yitzchak of Maltzan, in Siddur HaGra (*Ishei Yisrael*), commentary on *Tefillos Shalosh Regalim*. Confirmed by Rav Dovid Cohen (*Zman Simchaseinu*, *ma'amar* 1, *os* 11) and the Enaf Yosef on *Tefillos Shalosh Regalim*.

¹⁴ *Devarim* 7:6 ([sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.7.6](https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.7.6?ref=studio3.space)). כִּי עַם קָדוֹשׁ אַתָּה לַה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, בְּךָ בָּחַר ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעַם סְגֻלָּה מִכֹּל הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר עַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה. "For you are a holy people to Hashem your God. Hashem your God chose you to be His treasured people from among all the peoples on the face of the earth." Cf. *Devarim* 14:2 ([sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.14.2](https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.14.2?ref=studio3.space)).

¹⁵ See footnote 9.

¹⁶ *Vayikra* 1:4 ([sefaria.org/Leviticus.1.4](https://www.sefaria.org/Leviticus.1.4?ref=studio3.space)). וְסָמַךְ יָדוֹ עַל רֹאשׁ הָעֹלָה, וְנִרְצָה לוֹ לְכַפֵּר עָלָיו. "He shall lean his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to atone for him." Root ר-צ-ה.

¹⁷ *Sukkah* 55b ([sefaria.org/Sukkah.55b](https://www.sefaria.org/Sukkah.55b?ref=studio3.space)). שִׁבְעִים פָּרִים כְּנֶגֶד שִׁבְעִים אוּמּוֹת. "Seventy bulls corresponding to the seventy nations."

¹⁸ *Sukkah* 55b. קָשָׁה עָלַי פְּרֵידַתְכֶם, עִכְּבוּ לִי יוֹם אֶחָד. "Your departure is difficult for Me. Stay with Me one more day." *Shmini Atzeres*.

¹⁹ *Rosh Hashana* has its own *HaRachaman*. הוּא יְחַדֵּשׁ עָלֵינוּ אֶת הַשָּׁנָה הַזֹּאת לְטוֹבָה וְלִבְרָכָה. "May He renew this year upon us for good and for blessing." The *Yamim Nora'im* carry their insertions in *davening* and *tefillah*.

²⁰ The three Torah *Regalim* cycle physical-spiritual-physical: *Pesach* (P), *Shavuos* (S), *Sukkos* (P). Between *Sukkos* and *Pesach*, the longest gap in the Jewish calendar, there is no Torah-mandated spiritual *Yuntiv*. *Chanukah*, a Rabbinic institution, fills this space. The Gra on *Avos* 4:13 notes that the *Menorah*, the one *kli* without a *zer*, corresponds to *Keter Shem Tov*. The *Menorah* is light. *Chanukah* is the *Menorah's Yuntiv*. Light in the darkness, bridging the gap between the two physical poles. This pattern of renewal, physical to spiritual, spiritual to physical, recurs at every scale of Jewish time. Yearly through the *Yomim Tovim*. Monthly through *Rosh Chodesh*. Weekly through *Shabbos*, a new creation. Down to the moment: *Bereishis*, Adam davened for each blade of grass before it would grow. Constant renewal. Like a monitor's refresh rate: what appears static is a constant cycle. The stillness is the motion.