DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Wednesday, August 29, 2012

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Elul 11, 5772 · August 29, 2012
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"

Positive Commandment 57
The Second Passover

"On the fourteenth day of the second month, in the afternoon, they shall do it"—Numbers 9:11.

One who was prevented from offering the Paschal Offering in its proper time is commanded to offer the "Second Passover" one month later, on the 14th of Iyar.

Women are exempt from this mitzvah.

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Positive Commandment 56
Eating the Paschal Offering

"And they shall eat the meat on that night, roasted over the fire, together with matzah; with bitter herbs they shall eat it"—Exodus 12:8.

We are commanded to eat the Paschal Offering on the eve of the fifteenth of Nissan [the first night of Passover], according to all the requirements detailed in the Torah: it must be roasted, eaten all in one home, and accompanied by the consumption of matzah and bitter herbs.

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Positive Commandment 58
Eating the Second Passover Offering

"And eat it with matzah and bitter herbs"—Numbers 9:11.

[Those who must offer the "Second Passover," as explained in Positive Commandment 57, are] commanded to eat the Second Passover Offering on the eve of the fifteenth of Iyar, together with matzah and bitter herbs.

Women are exempt from this mitzvah (just as they are exempt from offering the Second Passover Offering).

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