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When the Beis HaMikdash stood, Yom Tovim were enjoyed through the shlomim sacrificial offerings. Without the Beis HaMikdash, the Rambam suggests in his Mishnah Torah some other ways to rejoice, Kloyes is one of them! On these days, a person is obligated to be happy and in good spirits; he, his children, his wife, the…

Kloyes first appear in Vayikro in reference to the omer offering (2:14) וְאִם־תַּקְרִ֛יב מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַד’ אָבִ֞יב קָל֤וּי בָּאֵשׁ֙ גֶּ֣רֶשׂ כַּרְמֶ֔ל תַּקְרִ֕יב אֵ֖ת מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ׃ And if thou offer a meal offering of thy firstfruits to the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meal offering of thy firstfruits ears of corn dried by the fire,…