QUESTION:
The Sfas Emes says that Shmini Atzeres corresponds to Yosef. In another place he says it corresponds to Dovid, and in another place he says it corresponds to Moshe. How do we reconcile this?
ANSWER:
Shmini Atzeres corresponds to Yosef because it is the added day onto the festival, for Hashem says “Stay with Me one more day”, and Yosef is called tosefes, the addition. Shemini Atzeres also corresponds to Dovid, because Dovid is the all-inclusive soul of Klal Yisrael, and Shemini Atzeres holds within it all the other revelations of every festival that came before it and contains it all within it. Shemini Atzeres also corresponds to Moshe, because it is the day of Simchas Torah, and Moshe gave us the Toras Hashem Temimah, the Torah of Hashem which is perfect.
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