- Q. Kevod Rabenu Shlit’a. Why don't we make hakofos on Shavuos as we do in Simchas Torah? After all that is the day of the giving of the Torah and greatest joy as the wedding itself?
A. We once wrote an answer to a similar Shaila as follows:
"Our Sages (Seder Chag Hashevuos, Tel Talpios p. 18 et. al.) stress the great importance of being besimcha and in joy on the Yom Tov of Shavuos, since that happiness proves our commitment and devotion to the acceptance of the Torah.
They say, this explains why Rav Elozor (Pesachim 68b) teaches that all Sages agree that in Atzeres, we require "Lochem", meaning; "to rejoice in eating and drinking," (Rashi, ibid.) since it is the day that the Torah was given to us. Remah (O.H. 494: 2) explains that the reason for decorating our shuls and homes with greenery on Shavuos is to remember the "Simcha of Matan Torah.
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Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a explained, that having a wedding does not provide a guarantee that the marriage will be successful, only time will tell. So the real joy comes later on when we actually finish the reading of the Torah and confirm that the marriage is blooming."
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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