Commentary for Pesachim 182:17

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אונן טובל ואוכל את פסחו לערב אבל לא בקדשים השומע על מתו

Hence [it must refer] to unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Then consider the sequel: R'Simeon said: In the case of men [it is] obligatory; in the case of women, voluntary. Does then R'Simeon not agree with R'Eleazar's dictum: Women are bound to eat unleavened bread by Scriptural law, for it is said, Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XVI, 3.');">²¹</span> whoever is subject to, 'thou shalt eat no leavened bread,' is subject to [the law].' arise, eat unleavened bread'; and thes women, since they are subject to, 'thou shalt eat no leavened bread,' are also subject to [the law], 'arise, eat unleavened bread? ' - Rather say: The Passover-offering, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs are obligatory on the first [night]; from then onwards [the latter two] are voluntary. R'Simeon said: As for the Passover-offering, in the case of men it is obligatory, in the case of women it is voluntary. <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>AN ONEN PERFORMS TEBILLAH AND EATS HIS PASSOVER-OFFERING IN THE EVENING, BUT [HE MAY] NOT [PARTAKE] OF [OTHER] SACRIFICES.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An onen may not eat the flesh of sacrifices (v. Lev. X. 19f) . By Scriptural law a man is an onen on the day of death only, but not at night; the Rabbis, however, extended these restrictions to the night too. Since, however, the Passover-offering is a Scriptural obligation, they waived their prohibition in respect of the night, and hence he may eat thereof. He is not unclean, but requires tebillah to emphasize that until the evening sacred flesh was forbidden to him, whereas now it is permitted. In respect of other sacrifices the Rabbinical law stands, and he may not partake of them.');">²²</span> ONE WHO HEARS ABOUT HIS DEAD [FOR THE FIRST TIME],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the day when a man is informed of the death of a near relative, e.g., his father, he is an onen by Rabbinical law, even if death took place earlier.');">²³</span>

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