English translation — משיחות ש״פ בהד, ט״ו אייר ה׳תשמ״ט

Pesach Sheni — occurs this year on Erev Shabbos,

And our Sages, of blessed memory, said* "Whoever toils on Erev Shabbos will eat on Shabbos,"

that is,

that on this Shabbos day

(15 Iyar²)

the eating

("shall eat")

Is it about the matters of Pesach Sheni?

And it is known the saying of his holy honor, my father-in-law, the Rebbe, that Pesach Sheni's meaning is: "There is no falling down,"

One can always correct

(Never lost,

always can be fixed)

And even one who was impure⁵,

or one who was on a distant journey,

and even "lachem",

that was his will,

nevertheless,

they can rectify"

and they actually corrected,

beginning from the days of Moshe,

and afterwards in every Pesach Sheini.

And we must add in explaining the lesson and instruction

From the aforementioned saying — as per the Torah directive "Turn it over and turn it over"⁶:

In the aforementioned saying, emphasis is placed

(primarily)

the possibility of rectification even in the lowest state,

a state opposite to purity

(or the distance from the Beis HaMikdash)

The state that was 'for you',

by his will,

that is,

willfully, G‑d forbid — even in this state it is not lost,

but rather they can rectify,

and they have already actually rectified thus for more than three thousand years.

And it can be said,

that emphasizing the possibility of rectification even in the lowest state is in addition to what is understood by itself from the content of the portion in the manner of the commandment of the Second Passover:

The "people who were impure by contact with a human corpse and could not offer the Passover offering on that day"⁷ were not in a degraded state, G‑d forbid,

But on the contrary — as it is stated in the Gemara⁸ "Who were those people?

They were the bearers of Yosef's coffin,

These are the words of Rabbi Yose HaGelili.

Rabbi Akiva says that they were Mishael and Eltzafan, who were occupied with Nadav and Avihu,

Rabbi Yitzchak says.

they were occupied with a meis mitzvah,"

That is,

The reason for their lack of purity is not due to a deficiency

(and ascents and descents)

in their standing and situation,

but on the contrary,

because of their involvement in fulfilling the will of G‑d.

And even though there was no deficiency in their standing and situation — they wanted to have also the completeness of the Paschal offering,

to the point that they came with the claim "Why should we be lacking"¹,