Commentary for Pesachim 171:1
מאי לאו דאכלי באיגרא ואמרי באיגרא לא דאכלי בארעא ואמרי באיגרא
Does that not mean that they ate on the roof and recited [the Hallel] on the roof? No: they ate on the ground and recited [it] on the roof. Yet that is not so, for surely we learned: You must not conclude after the Paschal meal [by saying] 'To the aftermeal entertainment!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was customary among ancient nations to conclude a banquet with bouts of drinking, revelry and music. The sanctity of the Paschal meal precluded this, as it would turn an occasion of solemnity and reverential gratitude to God into one of light-hearted frivolity.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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