Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 198:7

אמר רב ירמיה מדיפתי לא קשיא כאן בפסח כאן בשאר ימות השנה

but may eat if he is invited? Surely the following contradicts it: An onen performs immersion and eats his Passover-offering in the evening, but [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. As, however, the Passover-offering is a Scriptural obligation, they waived their prohibition in respect of the night, and he may eat thereof. He is not unclean, but requires immersion to emphasize that until evening sacred flesh was forbidden to him, whereas now it is permitted.');">¹⁰</span>

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