[Avodah] pesach sheni [from Hakhel]

[Joshua Meisner]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 6:26 AM, Arie Folger <afolger at aishdas.org> wrote:

> RGD wrote:
> > I, on the other hand, would like to know what source, if any, there is
> for
> > eating matza on Pesach Sheni.
>
> ... and I wonder why they choose the 14th by day, rather than the eve of
> the
> 15th. (IIRC, this was raised in the forum in the past and not yet answered)


Perhaps whoever created (codified?) the custom wanted to commemorate the
shechting of the pesach rather than merely the eating of it.  This being the
case, the most convenient token representing the occasion would still be the
eating of matzah.

Joshua Meisner
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