Pesach Sheni

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===Iyar a Replacement for Nisan===
 
===Iyar a Replacement for Nisan===
 
Before [[Hillel Nesiah|Hillel Nessia]] established the set Jewish calendar, leap years were established on a year to year basis. Since each year had the potential of becoming a leap year, every month of Nisan had the possibility of turning into Adar Bais, thereby making Iyar into Nisan. This in essence means that Iyar has an overlapping spiritual essence with Nisan, therefore a secondary version of Pesach could be inserted in this month.
 
Before [[Hillel Nesiah|Hillel Nessia]] established the set Jewish calendar, leap years were established on a year to year basis. Since each year had the potential of becoming a leap year, every month of Nisan had the possibility of turning into Adar Bais, thereby making Iyar into Nisan. This in essence means that Iyar has an overlapping spiritual essence with Nisan, therefore a secondary version of Pesach could be inserted in this month.
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===Residue of Pesach Energy===
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According to the [[Kabbalah]] the spiritual energy brought down during the holiday of Pesach remains to a certain degree, for thirty days. Since Yud Dalled Iyyar is the last of these days, Pesach Shani was established on this day, thereby allotting the most possible time for people to purify themselves and reach Yerushalaim before the energy of Pesach is completely gone. Now that Pesach Sheni was established it extends this spiritual energy for another seven days, as Pesach Sheni reflects the light of the full seven days of Pesach. After this, the gates are completely closed for these Tikkunim.
  
 
==Kurban Pesach==
 
==Kurban Pesach==

Revision as of 10:48, 2 August 2013

Pesach Shani
Pesach Sheni
Hebrew:
פסח שני
Other Names:
Pesach Katan, the Second Pesach
Description:
A semi Jewish holiday presenting a 2nd opportunity to bring the Pesach sacrifice.

Pesach Sheni is a semi Jewish holiday that was observed mostly until the destruction of the 2nd Temple. Falling out on the 14th of Iyar, it presented a second opportunity for people that had been impure or distant from Yershalaim on Peasach to bring the Korban Peasch. It was on this day that the Matzos brought out of Egypt by the Jewish Nation ran out and the mon started falling the following morning. Hillulas of Rebbe Meir Baal Haness and Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai are celebrated on Pesach Shani. In current times there are very minor Halachic differences for Pesach Shani, aside from a number of Minhagim of which the most common is eating leftover Matza from Pesach.

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14th of Iyar

Egyptian Matzos Finished

Due to the great rush to leave Egypt the bread baked by the Jews for their journey did not have time to rise and remained in the form of Matzos. These Matzos lasted the Jewish Nation for an entire month and ran out only on the 14th of Iyar. On the following morning of the 15th of Iyyar the Mon started falling.

Iyar a Replacement for Nisan

Before Hillel Nessia established the set Jewish calendar, leap years were established on a year to year basis. Since each year had the potential of becoming a leap year, every month of Nisan had the possibility of turning into Adar Bais, thereby making Iyar into Nisan. This in essence means that Iyar has an overlapping spiritual essence with Nisan, therefore a secondary version of Pesach could be inserted in this month.

Residue of Pesach Energy

According to the Kabbalah the spiritual energy brought down during the holiday of Pesach remains to a certain degree, for thirty days. Since Yud Dalled Iyyar is the last of these days, Pesach Shani was established on this day, thereby allotting the most possible time for people to purify themselves and reach Yerushalaim before the energy of Pesach is completely gone. Now that Pesach Sheni was established it extends this spiritual energy for another seven days, as Pesach Sheni reflects the light of the full seven days of Pesach. After this, the gates are completely closed for these Tikkunim.

Kurban Pesach

Falling out exactly a month after the first night of Peasch (14th of Nisson), the sacrifice of Pesach Shani would be brought in the late afternoon of the 14th of Iyyar and was eaten on the night of the 15th of Iyyar. There are a number of differences between a the initial Kurban Pesach and the Pesach Sheni version.

Chamatz With Matza

Unlike Pesach where leaven is forbidden, it is permissible to eat Chametz along with Kurban Pesach and matzos on Pesach Sheni, just like in the initial Pesach Sheni when the Matzos taken out of Egypt ran out.

Hillulas

Each year on Peasach Shani the hillula of Rebbe Meir Baal Haness is celebrated in Teveria and the hillula of Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai is celebrated in Ein Zettim. Although there is no early sources that stating Yud Daled Iyar as the date of their Yartzheits, this is what became established over the years. This can possibly be due to its proximity to Lag Baomer when thousands of visitors would head up to the Galill for the Hillula of Rebbe Shimon bar Yochi.

 
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