Quoting%20commentary for Pesachim 239:9
ורבא אמר לך טמא ושהיה בדרך רחוקה לא צריך קרא דלא גרעי מערל ובן נכר דתניא (שמות יב, מח) כל ערל לא יאכל בו בו אינו אוכל אבל אוכל במצה ומרור
But surely it is written, 'at even ye shall eat unleavened bread'? - That is required in respect of an unclean person and one who was on a journey afar off.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But who will be fit by the evening.');"><sup>4</sup></span> For you might argue: Since they cannot eat of the Passover-offering, they need not eat unleavened bread or bitter herbs either; hence [the verse] informs us [otherwise].
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