Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Midrash for Pesachim 189:10

ואין לי אלא מצות עשה מצות ל"ת מנין ת"ל (במדבר ט, יב) לא ישאירו ממנו עד בקר

Our Rabbis taught: 'According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it': you might think, just as the first is subject to the prohibition of [leaven] 'shall not be seen' and 'shall not be found', so is the second subject to the prohibition of [leaven] shall not be seen and shall not be found: therefore it is stated, they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 508. they are alike only in respect of the regulations pertaining to or connected with itself, just like the particular case which is stated.');"><sup>13</sup></span> Again, I know it only of positive precepts;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'They shall eat it' etc. is a positive precept, and therefore teaches that all the positive precepts applicable to the first Passover are also binding upon the second, e.g., the precept to eat it roast.');"><sup>14</sup></span>

Sifrei Devarim

R. Yehudah says: I might think that "the small Pesach" (Pesach Sheini, viz. Bamidbar 9:10-12) also requires remaining overnight. It is, therefore, written "and you shall betake yourselves in the morning and go to your tents. (8) Six days shall you eat matzoth." What requires six days requires remaining overnight — to exclude the small Pesach, which requires only one day. The sages say: It (Pesach Sheini) is not worse than wood and frankincense. (i.e., Just as they require remaining overnight, so, Pesach Sheini.)
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