Pesach Sheni ("Second Passover")

May 6, 2012

The “Second Passover” is observed on the fourteenth of Iyar. The origin of this semi-holiday is quite fascinating . . .

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We all appreciate a statement like “There’s always a second chance.” It fits quite nicely on the December 31 page of an Inspirational Sayings Calendar. But how does it mesh with real life?

Another Seder! Celebrating Passover again! No, this is not a summer re-run, and we don’t hold another Seder on the Second Passover, but the holiday does provide us with important lessons. The Torah tells us that in the second year after the exodus from ...

Another Opportunity Granted Pesach Sheni (“the Second Pesach”) is celebrated on the 14th of Iyar, a month after the eve of Pesach. The TorahBamidbar 9:6-11. re­lates that in the first year after the Exodus, when the Jewish people were preparing to bring ...

Shavuot is the culmination of the counting of the 49 days of the Omer. It marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues on Shavuot just as they were in the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago.

Pesach Sheni gave a second chance to offer the Passover lamb to all those that were ritually impure and unfit to offer it on Pesach: Why was this option given only to the Pesach lamb, and not other festive offerings?

Why is this passage, which was said “on the first month” (9:1), recorded after Parshas Bamidbar, which was said “on the first day of the second month” (1:1)?