Commentary for Pesachim 198:3
אמר רב הונא לא צריכא אלא לר' יוסי דאמר אוכל והולך עד שתחשך הני מילי בערבי שבתות וימים טובים אבל בערב הפסח משום חיובא דמצה מודה
AND THEY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashbam and Tosaf.: the charity overseers.');"><sup>4</sup></span> SHOULD GIVE HIM NOT LESS THAN FOUR CUPS [OF WINE],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which every Jew must drink on the night of Passover. These correspond to the four expressions of redemption employed in Ex. VI, 6f: I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments; and I will take you to me for a people (commentaries and Jerusalemi) .');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Rashbam on Pesachim
Because of the obligation to eat matzah- so that you do not eat anything before the biblical obligation to eat matzah. As it says in shmot perek 12, "on the eve( of the first night) you shall eat matzah"
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