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וטעם אלה הם מועדי. בעבור היות שבתות רבות בשנה: [EVEN THESE ARE MY APPOINTED SEASONS.] Scripture reads, even these are My appointed seasons (mo’adai) because there are many Sabbaths in the year.1According to I.E. verse 2 refers only to the Sabbath. That being the case, the verse should have read this is My appointed season. I.E. thus points out that My appointed seasons refers to all the Sabbaths (of the year. After stating that all the Sabbaths are God’s appointed seasons, Scripture goes on to speak of the weekly Sabbath in verse 3. For another interpretation see Rashi.