שפת אמת

Shabbat During the Festival

Pesach · תרל"א (1870) · Essay 14

Shabbat · Chol HaMoed · Holiday · Holiness

ב"ה

“With God’s help.”

An introductory invocation traditionally placed at the beginning of Torah writings.

שבת חוה"מ

“The Sabbath of the intermediate days (of the festival).”

This identifies the teaching as pertaining to the Shabbat that falls during the Chol HaMoed period of a festival.