Emet Aka Shomer Man

Why did Bilam beat his donkey 3 times? Torah Wellsprings 5781 alludes to the שלש רגלים three holidays, Pesach, Shavuos, and Succos. As Rashi writes, "You are trying to uproot a nation that celebrates the three regalim (Pesach, Shavuos, and Succos)!" The donkey was implying, "How can you even think of uprooting the Jewish nation? They celebrate the yomim tovim in the Beis HaMikdash, three times a year!" The Jewish nation performs many mitzvos. The donkey could have said something like, "How dare you try to uproot a nation that wears tefillin" and the like. What is unique about the three regalim? The Kotzker Rebbe zt'l explains that during the Yerushalayim was שלש רגלים crowded, and miraculously, no one complained. As the ולא,Mishnah (Avos 5:5) states אמר אדם לחברו צר לי המקום שאלין ,No one ever said" ,בירושלים 'There's no place for me to sleep in Yerushalayim.'" Generally, this is understood to mean that there was miraculously enough room for everyone in Yerushalayim. However, the Chasam Sofer zt'l (vol.2 234)