Dr. Harry Stark asked:
Is kares the punishment for not offering the korban AND not eating it or is kares the punishment for not offering the korban, with eating as a separate issue?
Dr. Harry Stark, Los Angeles, USA
The Kollel replies:
Eating the Korban is a separate issue. The offering and eating are counted as separate Mitzvos Aseh (#55, #56, in the Rambam's Sefer ha'Mitzvos). If one offered the Korban Pesach, even if he did not eat from it he does not have to bring a Pesach Sheni (Pesachim 91a).
Be well,
M. KORNFELD