Commentary for Pesachim 142:1

לימד על חגיגת י"ד שנאכלת לשני ימים ולילה אחד או אינו אלא ליום ולילה כשהוא אומר (דברים טז, ד) ביום הראשון (לבקר) הרי בקר שני אמור

<br> this teaches concerning the hagigah of the fourteenth, that it may be eaten two days and one night. Yet perhaps it is not so, but [only] one day and one night? When it [Scripture] says, 'the first day,' the second morning is meant. Yet perhaps it is not so, but the first morning [is meant], and to what do I relate [the case of] the hagigah which may be eaten two days and one night? [To all other hagigoth] excepting this? When [Scripture] says thereof, But if [the sacrifice of his offering be] a vow, or a freewill-offering, it teaches concerning the hagigah of the fourteenth that it may be eaten for two days and one night. <br>

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