[Avodah] Tachanun on Pesach Sheni (was Meron Live)

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

At 06:31 AM 5/11/2015, R. Akiva Miller wrote:
>As it was explained to me, there's nothing special about the morning 
>of Pesach Sheni. Pesach Sheni exists only on the afternoon of 14 
>Iyar and the following night. We omit Tachanun on the morning of 14 
>Iyar NOT because it is a holiday, but because it is the Tachanun 
>*before* the holiday. Alternatively, one might say that the morning 
>of 14 Iyar actually *is* Erev Pesach Sheni. Either way, the 
>afternoon of 13 Iyar is too far removed to be significant enough to 
>warrant skipping Tachanun.

 From http://tinyurl.com/ln7le2m

Some say Tachanun on Pesach Sheni (14 Iyar); some do not; some do not 
say Tachanun on 14 & 15 Iyar.

What are the sources for these customs?

Those who do say Tachanun probably do so because 14 Iyar is not 
listed as a day where Tachanun was customarily omitted by the Tur, 
anyone quoted in the Beit Yosef or Bach, by the Shulchan Aruch and 
its Mapah, the Levush, the Eliya Rabba, the Taz, the Magen Avraham, 
the Beiur haGra, the Chayei Adam, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, the 
Mishna Berura and others. The Aruch haShulchan notes the custom of 
omitting Tachanun as foreign to Ashkenaz and deems it a 'wonder' (Pelah ).

And from http://www.dinonline.org/2010/04/27/tachanun-on-erev-pesach-sheni/

Do we say Tachanun at minchah on Erev Pesach Sheni?

Answer

Yes [Shulchan Aruch Harav, Piskei Hassidur, end of Hilchos Krias 
Shema uTefilloh]

YL

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