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<P><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">One final point on Pesach Sheni: there is a difference in custom as to if</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">and when one eats Matzah today. According to one opinion, one should not</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">eat Matzah, for it may appear as if he is attempting to fulfill the Mitzvah</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">of Matzah in an improper time, which is a violation of the Torah's</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">prohibition against adding onto the 613 Mitzvos. Others have the custom to</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">eat Matzah sometime during the day on the 14th, to remember that the Korbon</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">Pesach Sheni was brought today. A third opinion is to eat the Matzah</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">tonight, i.e., the night of the 15th of Iyar, for this would be the night</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">that the Korban Pesach Sheni was eaten together with Matzah and Marror.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman">Every person should follow his custom, or his Rav's guidance, in this area.</FONT>
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