No,

<<actually

<<day

<<it is,

<<and this

<<that they call

<<it

<<“night”

<<is because there are

<<people

<<who sleep

<<at that

<<time.

Rabbi Acha son of Rabbi Chanina said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<the halachah

<<is like Rabbi Shimon,

<<who said it

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Akiva.

<<Rabbi Zeira said:

<<provided

<<that not

<<he says

<<“Hashkiveinu.”

When

<<came

<<Rav Yitzchak bar Yosef,

<<he said:

<<this

<<of Rabbi Acha son of Rabbi Chanina

<<in the name of

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi

<<not

<<explicitly

<<was it said,

<<but

<<by inference

<<was it said.

For a certain

<<pair

<<of Rabbis

<<who got drunk

<<at the wedding feast

<<of the son

<<of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi;

<<they came

<<before

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi;

<<he said:

<<worthy

<<is

<<Rabbi Shimon

<<to rely

<<upon him

<<at a time of

<<pressing need.

“It happened

<<that came

<<his sons,”

<<etc.:

And until

<<now

<<not

<<had

<<they heard

<<this

<<of Rabban Gamliel?!

Thus

<<they said

<<to him:

<<the Rabbis

<<disagree

<<with you,

<<and an individual

<<and the many —

<<the halachah

<<is like the many;

<<or

<<perhaps

<<the Rabbis

<<like you

<<hold,

<<and this

<<that they say

<<“until

<<midnight”

<<is in order

<<to distance

<<a person

<<from

<<transgression?

<<He said to them:

<<the Rabbis

<<like me

<<hold,

<<and obligated

<<you are;

<<and this

<<that they say

<<“until

<<midnight”

<<is in order

<<to distance

<<a person

<<from

<<transgression.

“And not

<<this

<<alone

<<did they say,

<<but,”

<<etc.:

And Rabban Gamliel —

<<does

<<he say

<<“until

<<midnight,”

<<that it teaches

<<“and not

<<this

<<alone

<<did they say”?

Thus

<<said

<<to them

<<Rabban Gamliel

<<to his sons:

<<even

<<according to the Rabbis,

<<who say

<<“until

<<midnight,”

<<its mitzvah

<<is until

<<will rise

<<the dawn;

<<and this

<<that

<<they say

<<“until

<<midnight”

<<is in order

<<to distance

<<a person

<<from

<<transgression.

“The burning of

<<fats,”

<<etc.

Whereas

<<the eating of

<<Pesach offerings

<<not

<<does it teach.

And they contrasted it:

<<the recitation of

<<Shema

<<of the evening,

<<and Hallel

<<on the nights of

<<Pesach,

<<and the eating of

<<the Pesach offering —

<<their mitzvah

<<is until

<<will rise

<<the dawn!

Rav Yosef said:

<<it is not difficult:

<<this

<<is Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya,

<<this

<<Rabbi Akiva.

<<As it is taught:

<<“And they shall eat

<<the meat

<<on this night.”

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<says:

<<it is said

<<here

<<“on this night,”

<<and it is said

<<there:

<<“And I will pass

<<through the land of

<<Egypt

<<on this night”;

<<just as

<<there

<<is until

<<midnight,

<<so

<<here

<<is until

<<midnight.

Rabbi Akiva said to him:

<<but surely

<<already

<<it is said

<<“in haste,”

<<until

<<the time of

<<haste!

<<If so,

<<what

<<does the verse state

<<“at night”?

Could it be

<<that it be

<<eaten

<<like sacrifices

<<by day?

<<The verse states:

<<“at night” —

<<at night

<<it

<<is eaten,

<<and not

<<by day.

Granted

<<according to Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya,

<<who holds

<<a gezeirah

<<shavah,

<<it was necessary

<<to write

<<for him

<<“this.”

<<But

<<according to Rabbi Akiva,

<<this

<<“this” —

<<what

<<does he do

<<with it?

To exclude

<<a night

<<other

<<it

<<comes.

<<It would enter your mind

<<to say:

<<since

<<a Pesach offering

<<is sacrifices

<<light,

<<and peace offerings

<<are sacrifices

<<light,

<<just as

<<peace offerings

<<are eaten

<<for two

<<days

<<and night

<<one,

<<so too

<<a Pesach offering

<<is eaten

<<two

<<nights

<<in place of

<<two

<<days,

<<and it would be

<<eaten

<<for two

<<nights

<<and day

<<one.

<<It teaches us

<<“on this night”:

<<on this night

<<it

<<is eaten,

<<and it is not

<<eaten

<<on night

<<another.

And Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya?

From “Do not

<<leave over

<<until

<<morning”

<<he derives it.

And Rabbi Akiva?

<<If

<<from there,

<<I would have said:

<<what is

<<“morning”?

<<morning

<<second.

And Rabbi Elazar

<<would tell you:

<<every

<<“morning”

<<is morning

<<first

<<it is.

And these

<<tannaim

<<are like these

<<tannaim.

<<As it is taught:

<<“There

<<you shall slaughter

<<the Pesach offering

<<in the evening,

<<as comes

<<the sun,

<<at the appointed time of

<<your going out

<<from Egypt.”

Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<“in the evening”

<<you

<<slaughter;

<<“and as comes

<<the sun”

<<you

<<eat;

<<“and at the appointed time of

<<your going out

<<from Egypt”

<<you

<<burn.

<<Rabbi Yehoshua

<<says:

<<“in the evening”

<<you

<<slaughter;

<<“as comes

<<the sun”

<<you

<<eat;

<<and until

<<when

<<do you

<<eat

<<and continue?

<<Until

<<“the appointed time of

<<your going out

<<from Egypt.”

Rabbi Abba said:

<<all

<<agree

<<that when were redeemed

<<Israel

<<from Egypt,

<<not

<<were they redeemed

<<except

<<in the evening,

<<as it is stated:

<<“brought you out

<<Hashem

<<your God

<<from Egypt

<<at night”;

<<and when they went out,

<<not

<<did they go out

<<except

<<by day,

<<as it is stated:

<<“On the morrow of

<<the Pesach

<<went out

<<the children of

<<Israel

<<with a hand

<<upraised.”

About

<<what

<<did they disagree?

<<About

<<the time of

<<haste.

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<holds:

<<what is

<<“haste”?

<<the haste

<<of Egypt.

And Rabbi Akiva

<<holds:

<<what is

<<“haste”?

<<the haste

<<of Israel.

It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<“brought you out

<<Hashem

<<your God

<<from Egypt

<<at night”:

<<and

<<at night

<<did they go out?

<<But surely

<<not

<<did they go out

<<except

<<by day,

<<as it is stated:

<<“On the morrow of

<<the Pesach

<<went out

<<the children of

<<Israel

<<with a hand

<<upraised”!

<<Rather,

<<it teaches

<<that began

<<for them

<<the redemption

<<from the evening.

“Speak,

<<please,

<<in the ears of

<<the people,”

<<etc.

<<They say

<<in the house of Rabbi Yannai:

<<there is no

<<“please”

<<except

<<the language of

<<request.

<<Said

<<to him

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<to Moshe:

<<with request

<<of you,

<<go

<<and say

<<to them,

<<to Israel:

<<“I request

<<of you,

<<ask

<<from Egypt

<<vessels of

<<silver

<<and vessels of

<<gold,”

<<so that not

<<will say