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Pesach Sheni – The People's Petition

Exegetical Approaches

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Request for Special Dispensation

The petitioners were requesting a special dispensation due to extenuating circumstances of either a personal or national nature.

Sources:ChizkuniBemidbar 9:7About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach, SefornoBemidbar 9:7About R. Ovadyah Seforno, Or HaChayyim #1Bemidbar 9:7About R. Chayyim b. Atar, Meshekh ChokhmahBemidbar 9About R. Meir Simcha of Dvinsk

Claim that Impurity was Not an Impediment

Purified in Time for Leil Pesach

Sources:Sifre Bemidbar9:6-8About Sifre Bemidbar, Bavli SukkahSukkah 25a-bAbout the Bavli, RashiBemidbar 9:7Gittin 60aAbout R. Shelomo Yitzchaki, R. Yosef Bekhor ShorBemidbar 9:1,6-7,10About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, RambamHilkhot Korban Pesach 6:2Hilkhot Korban Pesach 7:1About R. Moshe b. Maimon, RitvaSukkah 25aAbout R. Yom Tov b. Ashbel, RalbagBemidbar 9:6-8About R. Levi b. Gershom, Or HaChayyim #3Bemidbar 9:7About R. Chayyim b. Atar

Could Partake Via Agent

Sources:AbarbanelBemidbar 9:1About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel

Sacrifice Supersedes Impurity

Sources:NetzivBemidbar 9:3,10About R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin

Plea for Make-up Date

Sources:Akeidat Yitzchak74About R. Yitzchak Arama, Or HaChayyim #2Bemidbar 9:7About R. Chayyim b. Atar