Also, if the Kohanim priests were impure, even though the community is pure, they all join and celebrate in impurity.
However, if only a minority of the community are impure, then the majority still celebrates, but the remaining minority gets a second chance thirty days later, on the so-called "Second Passover" or Pesach Sheni.
Art: Jerusalem seen from Mount Josaphat by Auguste de Forbin
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