Halakhah for Pesachim 239:12

מאי טעמא הוי דבר שהיה בכלל ויצא מן הכלל ללמד לא ללמד על עצמו יצא אלא ללמד על הכלל כולו יצא

And the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Aha b. Jacob: how does he answer this?');">⁸</span> - It is written in the case of the one [the uncircumcised etc.] and it is written in the case of the other [the unclean etc.], and they are both necessary.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An unclean person etc. cannot be deduced from an 'alien,' for since the former will observe the second Passover a month hence, I would argue that he can then discharge his obligation of eating unleavened bread and bitter herbs too. But an 'alien' will not have that opportunity, and therefore he is naturally bound to eat the unleavened bread and the bitter herbs now. By the same reasoning, if there were only one verse, I would apply it to the latter, but not to the former.');">⁹</span>

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