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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