Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Pesachim 238:13

נימא מסייע ליה הסופגנין והדובשנין והאיסקריטין אדם ממלא כריסו מהן ובלבד שיאכל כזית מצה באחרונה באחרונה אין

Rab Judah said: One may not conclude after the [last] unleavened bread [is eaten]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I. e., nowadays at the end of the meal in memory of the Paschal lamb.');"><sup>17</sup></span> by saying, 'Now to the entertainment!' We learned: YOU MAY NOT CONCLUDE AFTER THE PASCHAL, MEAL [BY SAYING], 'NOW TO THE ENTERTAINMENT!' Thus it is forbidden only after the Paschal meal, but you may conclude [thus] after the unleavened bread? - He proceeds to a climax:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he says, it is unnecessary" .'');"=""><sup>18</sup></span> After the unleavened bread it need not be stated, since its taste is not substantial;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He must finish the meal with the taste of the Paschal lamb and the unleavened bread predominant in his mouth. Now the taste of the latter is not substantial and enduring, and therefore it is superfluous to teach that nothing may be eaten after it.');"><sup>19</sup></span> but [I might think] that there is no objection after t Paschal lamb, whose taste is substantial and cannot [easily] be wiped out. Hence he [the Tanna] informs us [otherwise]. Shall we say that this supports him: [As for] sponge cakes, honey-cakes and iskeritin,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Supra 37a. These are regarded as 'rich mazzah' and therefore the duty of eating mazzah, which must be 'bread of affliction (poverty) ' cannot be discharged with them.');"><sup>20</sup></span> a man may fill his stomach with them, providing that he eats as much as an olive of unleavened bread at the end. [This implies], only at the end,

Kedushat Levi

The ‎sages in the Talmud Pessachim 119 phrased it ‎thus: “It is imperative that at the end of the ‎‎seder we retain the “taste” of the ‎‎matzah in our mouths when going to bed. ‎‎[This halachah, of course applies only when we ‎do not have a Passover lamb due to being in exile. ‎Ed.] All these steps of the Passover ritual are ‎necessary in order that we retain these impressions ‎firmly engraved on our consciousness. These ‎impressions are valid for every Jew, whereas the ‎recognition of G’d and all He stands for without the ‎ritual, prompted by one’s mind only, is something ‎reserved for very few elitist Jews only. The importance ‎of remembering G’d’s miracles is also at the root of ‎the commandment that the King must have a Sefer ‎Torah with him at all times, from which he can ‎refresh his memory of all the miracles G’d has ‎performed. This also answers the question why the ‎Torah did not have the “smart” son preface his ‎question with the words: ‎על מה‎, “what for,” but has him ‎ask ‎מה‎, ”what,” i.e. what is the intrinsic value of this ‎ritual year after year?‎
By reliving what our forefathers had experienced at ‎the time of the Exodus, and what had brought them to ‎a level of seeing the greatness of the Creator and His ‎relationship to us by the miracles He performed for us, ‎we hope to prevent these lofty feelings from fading ‎into oblivion. Rabban Gamliel had therefore said that ‎even people who serve G’d on a “higher” level, must ‎perform the three basic mitzvoth on the ‎‎Seder night by both mouth (words) and deed ‎‎(eating). ‎
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