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the Lubavitcher Rebbe



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Rabbi Nosson Scherman



18 May 2011

Pesach Sheni

Shais Taub of the Chabad.org editorial team discusses Pesach Sheni which occurs today. Those who were impure at the time they were supposed to bring a Paschal offering were given a second chance a month later.
...Now that the Temple is destroyed, there’s no real practical way to perform this mitzvah until Moshiach comes. But chassidim, you know, always appreciate a reason to celebrate. So, chassidim like to mark the day anyway. Once, a scoffer said to a certain great chassid, “Do you realize that you choose to celebrate a holiday for the impure?” The chassid replied, “Not a holiday for the impure, but a holiday for the impure who became pure—and there is no greater holiday than that!”
Read full article: http://www.chabad.org/magazine/default_cdo/jewish/Magazine.htm

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