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NUMBERS | 9:11 lettuce — NUM62 Those who must bring the Pesach Sheni offer...

NUM62 Those who must bring the Pesach Sheni offering on the fourteenth of Iyar eat it on the night of the fifteenth with matzah and maror. See above, Parashas Bo, about the Pesach offering. As to the mitzvah of eating the Pesach offering with maror, several vegetables fall into the category of maror, but one enhances the mitzvah by using חסה (chasah), lettuce, because the term חסה very much resembles the word חס (chas), which means “pity.” By eating חסה (chasah) together with matzah and the meat of the Pesach, one is reminded how Hashem had pity on us when He redeemed us from the cruel Egyptians. Our hearts are awakened to reflect upon the many miracles that were done for us then, and we will speak of them at length and give praise and thanks for them.

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Source KeyCHINUCH
Verse9:11
Keyword(s)lettuce
Source Page(s)239-40
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