{"id":382184,"date":"2025-05-12T08:41:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/news\/drugyj-shans-ye-zavzhdy-syogodni-14-iyara-pesah-sheni-abo-drugyj-pesah\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:45:17","slug":"drugyj-shans-ye-zavzhdy-syogodni-14-iyara-pesah-sheni-abo-drugyj-pesah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/en\/news\/drugyj-shans-ye-zavzhdy-syogodni-14-iyara-pesah-sheni-abo-drugyj-pesah\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s Always a Second Chance \u2014 Today, the 14th of Iyar, Pesach Sheni (the Second Passover)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"382184\" class=\"elementor elementor-382184 elementor-382176\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c98294 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50c98294\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc2c651 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc2c651\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2957\" data-end=\"3417\">The first Pesach Sheni was observed in the second year after the Israelites left Egypt. When Passover came, many men were ritually impure because they were carrying Joseph\u2019s remains from Egypt to the Promised Land. They were not allowed to bring the Passover offering with the rest of the people at the appointed time. They approached Moses, asking what they should do, as they too wished to celebrate the holiday. That\u2019s when G\u2011d gave the law of Pesach Sheni.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"3419\" data-end=\"3720\">The Torah states: \u201c\u2026a person who was impure or on a distant journey may celebrate Passover one month later, on the fourteenth day of the second month (Iyar)\u2026\u201d (Numbers 9:9\u201311). Naturally, this applied only when the Holy Temple stood, and the central part of the celebration was the Passover sacrifice.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"3722\" data-end=\"3914\">The Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, taught that Pesach Sheni teaches us that it\u2019s never too late \u2014 nothing is beyond repair, and there is always room for correction.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"3916\" data-end=\"4229\">Though we can no longer offer sacrifices due to the destruction of the Temple and the absence of ritual purity, we still mark Pesach Sheni. On this day, the penitential prayer (Tachanun) is omitted from services. According to tradition, we eat matzah (preferably shmurah matzah), though chametz is not prohibited.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"4231\" data-end=\"4508\">A question arises: why can&#8217;t the Passover commandments be fulfilled immediately upon purification \u2014 why wait a whole month? The Tzemach Tzedek explains: Divine service has two major stages \u2014 \u201cturning away from evil\u201d and \u201cdoing good.\u201d The second is impossible without the first.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"4510\" data-end=\"4769\">The month of Nissan, the time of the Exodus, represents the first stage. The Israelites didn\u2019t just leave \u2014 they fled Egypt, striving to escape the spiritual impurity that had surrounded them for so long. The original Passover sacrifice symbolized that break.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"4771\" data-end=\"5282\">By the month of Iyar, they were spiritually ready to do good. They began preparing to receive the Torah on Shavuot. In Chassidic terms, the first month reflects <em data-start=\"4932\" data-end=\"4941\">iskafya<\/em> \u2014 subduing the evil inclination \u2014 while the second reflects <em data-start=\"5002\" data-end=\"5012\">ishapcha<\/em> \u2014 transforming it into good. This is echoed in halacha: during the first Passover, only matzah is eaten and chametz is forbidden. On Pesach Sheni, both matzah and chametz are permitted \u2014 representing the transformation of the negative into positive through our service.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"5284\" data-end=\"5656\">Many see the introduction of Pesach Sheni not merely as a divine commandment, but as a response from Above to the heartfelt plea of Jews who missed the opportunity to bring an offering due to caring for the dead. It shows that sincere desire for teshuvah and mitzvah fulfillment can even transcend the laws of the physical world \u2014 including the constraints of time itself.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"5658\" data-end=\"5684\">Based on <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ru.chabad.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"5667\" data-end=\"5684\">www.ru.chabad.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Pesach Sheni was observed in the second year after the Israelites left Egypt. When Passover came, many men were ritually impure because they were carrying Joseph\u2019s remains from Egypt to the Promised Land. They were not allowed to bring the Passover offering with the rest of the people at the appointed time. 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