Halakhah for Pesachim 217:2
תניא אמרו עליו על ר' עקיבא מימיו לא אמר הגיע עת לעמוד בבהמ"ד חוץ מערבי פסחים וערב יום הכפורים בע"פ בשביל תינוקות כדי שלא ישנו וערב יוה"כ כדי שיאכילו את בניהם
on the night of Passover, on account of the children, so that they should not fall asleep.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec.: so that they should ask 'questions'. This agrees with the first alternative translation in the preceding note. R. Han. reads both: so that they should not fall asleep but ask.');"><sup>3</sup></span> It was taught: it was related of R'Akiba<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Suk. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> [that] never did he say in the Beth Hamidrash, 'It is time to rise [cease study]', except on the eve of Passover and the eve of the Day of Atonement.
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