Derasha 1 on Behaalosecha 9:11

Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 11

The Complete Passuk

בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֜י בְּאַרְבָּעָ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר י֛וֹם בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבַּ֖יִם יַעֲשׂ֣וּ אֹת֑וֹ עַל־מַצּ֥וֹת וּמְרֹרִ֖ים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: “בחודש השני בארבעה עשר יום” fixes the date of Pesach Sheni as the fourteenth of Iyar.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֜י בְּאַרְבָּעָ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר י֛וֹם בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבַּ֖יִם יַעֲשׂ֣וּ אֹת֑וֹ׃

English: “In the second month on the fourteenth day, between the evenings, they shall offer it.”

Type of Learning

Date fixation — the second opportunity has its own precise calendar slot.

What Is Learned

The corrective Pesach is not left to personal discretion; it has a fixed day in the second month.