Pesach Sheni Is Friday - No Tachanun at Mincha today or in Davening tomorrow.
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פסח שני
Pesach Sheni (Hebrew: פסח שני, trans.Second Passover) occurs every year on 14, Iyar which is tonight and tomorrow. This is exactly one month after 14 Nisan, the day before Passover, which was the day prescribed for bringing the Korban Pesach ("Paschal offering", i.e. Passover lamb) in anticipation of that holiday. As described in the source text for this mitzvah (Numbers 9:1 -14) the Israelites were about to celebrate Passover one year after leaving Egypt.
The offering of the Korban Pesach was at the core of that celebration. However "certain men" were ritually impure from contact with human corpses, and were therefore ineligible to participate in the Korban Pesach. Faced with the conflict of the requirement to participate in the Korban Pesach and their ineligibility due to impurity, they approached Moses and Aaron for instructions, which resulted in the communication of the law of Pesach Sheni.
Due to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, Jews are unable to perform the Passover sacrifice, neither on Passover nor on Pesach Sheni. Some have the custom to eat matzo during Pesach Sheni in memory of the sacrifice.
Many have the custom to eat Matzoh on Pesach Sheni (Friday daytime) and most shuls also omit Tahanun from the Davening on Pesach Sheni, and at Mincha the proceeding day, which is today.
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Summary of Parshat
Emor By, Rabbi Doug Zelden
Leviticus 21:1 Hertz Chumash - page 513
1st Aliya: Specific restrictions for Kohanim and the Kohain Gadol pertaining to marriages, sexuality, and mourning. Pg. 513 ch.21 v.1
2nd Aliya: Laws
pertaining to physical blemishes of the Kohanim and who can and can not eat
from the priestly gifts. Pg.
514 v.16
3rd Aliya: Laws
defining what constitutes an acceptable and unacceptable blemish on an animal
designated to be a Korban. Pg.
517 Ch.22 v.17
4th Aliya: The
establishment of Shabbos, Pesach, the Omer, the counting of the Omer and
Shavuot. Pg. 519 ch.23 v.1
5th Aliya: The
establishment of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Pg. 522 v.23
6th Aliya: The
establishment of Sukkot. Pg.524
v.33
7th Aliya: Laws of the Ner Tamid, the Showbread, the incident with the Blasphemer, and penalties for Blasphemy. Pg. 525 Ch.24 v.1
Maftir Aliya: We repeat
the last three verses of the Parsha. Pg. 527
v.21
Haftorah Emor - Ezekiel
44:15 page
528 in the Hertz Chumash
This week's Haftorah is among the prophecies of Yechezkel describing the
third Bait Hamikdash. Yechezkel prophesized after the destruction of the first
Bait Hamikdash in the year 3352-410 b.c.e. In the Haftorah, Yechezkel
instructed the Kohanim in their unique laws. It relates to this week's Parsha
which also details many of the laws imposed specifically on the Kohanim.