Commentary for Pesachim 79:18

ואפ"ה לא הדר ביה רבא דאמר להו להנהו דמהפכי כיפי כי מהפכיתו הפיכו לשום מצוה אלמא קסבר שימור מעיקרא מתחלתו ועד סופו בעינן

[Thus] only at the end, but not at the beginning:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the law is complied with only with this unleavened bread which he eats at the end, but not with the heathen's dough which he eats at the beginning. The unleavened bread eaten in fulfilment of the precept comes at the end of the meal with the Paschal lamb, v. infra 119b.');">³⁰</span> what is the reason? Because he had not afforded it any guarding.

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