[Avodah] pesach sheni

[Zev Sero]

Eli Turkel wrote:
> <<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...>>
> 
> Most halachot of Pesach (Rishon) do not apply to Pesach sheni
> Thus one can eat matzah even though he has chametz in the house (imo 
> babayit). Is there a source that one cannot eat matzoh erev pesach sheni 
> (in second Temple days) so he will eat it le-ta-avon at night just like 
> erev pesach.

Not that I'm aware of, but it makes sense that such a restriction might
be enacted by the Sanhedrin.  What time's sunset in J'm today?


> I agree that eating matzah the night of Iyar 15 makes more sense. 
> nevertheless Tachanun is not said on Iyar 14 but is said on Iyar 15

Of course.  Just as in Nissan.  Why don't we say tachanun on the 14th
of Nissan?  Because the yomtov that the Torah calls "Chag Hapesach"
(as opposed to "chag hamatzot") is the 14th of Nissan; it officially
starts at noon, but minhag extends it to the morning, so tachanun
isn't said all day.  (In some places the minhag also extends the
issur melacha to the morning.)  And it lasts until dawn of the 15th,
because for kodshim the night follows the day (thus overlapping the
"Chag Hamatzot" which starts at sunset of the 15th, because for most
purposes the day follows the night).

On Chag Hapesach there is a positive command of tashbitu, but no
negative command of bal yera'eh uval yimatzei.  On Pesach Sheni
there's no tashbitu, but there is an issur on eating chametz at
the actual "seder" at night.


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