Commentary for Pesachim 229:8
השתא דלא איתמר הלכתא לא כהלל ולא כרבנן מברך על אכילת מצה ואכיל והדר מברך על אכילת מרור ואכיל והדר אכיל מצה וחסא בהדי הדדי בלא ברכה זכר למקדש כהלל
To this R'Ashi demurred: If so, what is [the meaning of] 'even'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Even' shows that they may certainly be eaten together.');"><sup>9</sup></span> Rather, said R'Ashi, this Tanna teaches thus: You might think that he does not discharge his duty unless he wraps them together and eats them, in the manner of Hillel therefore it is stated, they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, [intimating] even each separately.
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