[Avodah] Matza on Pesach Sheni

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Tue May 1 08:54:10 PDT 2007


kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> Pesach Sheni is this week, on Wednesday. The Sefer Hatodaah (as 
> translated by RnTK's father, Rav Bulman zt"l) writes: "Some have the 
> custom of eating some left-over matzah from Pesach, as a memorial to 
> the Pesach sacrifice which was eaten together with matzot."
> 
> Does anyone know, according to this minhag, when would the matza be 
> eaten? On Wednesday afternoon, corresponding to when the Pesach Sheni 
> is shechted, or on Wednesday night, corresponding to when the Pesach 
> Sheni is eaten?

There are sources for both, but lich'orah only the latter makes sense.
Of course there is still a chance that we will eat matzah that night,
not as a zecher lepesach sheni but as the pesach sheni itself.  In
which case matzah in the afternoon might very well be assur...

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