UNCLEAN PESACH

“But there were certain people who had become unclean because of someone’s corpse, so that they could not observe Pesach on that day.”
Numbers 9:6a

This portion of the Parashah is, in my definition, black and white. As the time of Pesach came close, there were some who had become unclean because of a corpse. The result of begin unclean was the banishment from the camp. The problem, however, was that they too wanted to celebrate Pesach. So the people questioned Moshe as to why they too could not join in. Moshe took this question before Adonai and received an answer. The answer was that if someone was unclean during Pesach, or was traveling during Pesach, then they would celebrate at a different time. Instead of the prescribed time of the fourteenth day of the first month, the second Pesach for these people would be celebrated on the fourteenth day of the second month. This would give ample time for the unclean to become clean, and the traveler to make it home. This response is black and white, giving opportunity for each one to celebrate Pesach.

Numbers 9:1-14