Midrash for Berakhot 17:15

אמר ליה ר' עקיבא והלא כבר נאמר (שמות יב, יא) בחפזון עד שעת חפזון א"כ מה תלמוד לומר בלילה

R. 'Akiba said to him, "But has it not already been stated, 'Ye shall eat it in haste' (ibid. v. 11) — i.e. until the time of hastening?" R. Eleazar b. 'Azariah asked, "If so, why is there a teaching to state 'in that night'?" R. 'Akiba answered, "One might otherwise have thought that the Paschal offering could be eaten like the other holy offerings during the day ; therefore there is a teaching to state 'in that night,' meaning

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