[Avodah] More on the Seder

[Saul Mashbaum]

Regarding learning at the seder:

I have heard Rav Asher Zelig Weiss say several times that one who spends the
entire seder exclusively discussing hilchot Pesach, sugyot in masechet
Pesachim, or even sifrei machshavah like Pachad Yitzchak, can wind up not
fulfilling the mitzvah of sippur yetziat Mitzraim at all.
This is not to say that these activities are not at all appropriate, but one
must keep in mind what is the ikkar in this mitzvah.
Ad kan divrei R. Asher.

See Hagaddah shel Pesach Siah HaGrid, based on the teachings of RYBS,  pp
30-32, on learning hilchot haPesach as an integral part of the mitzvah of
the night.
Briefly, RYBS cites the Tosefta Pesachim 10:8, which says one is obligated
to learn hilchot haPesach  on the seder night, as indeed is indicated in the
answer to the wise son. However, it is possible that according to R.Elazar
ben Azaria, who holds that the KP may be eaten only until chatzot, the
mitzva to learn HP is also only until chatzot.(It seems that "Hilchot
haPesach" in this context means hilchot korban Pesach, not hilchot chag
haPesach, such as issur chametz, SM) But the mitzva to tell the story of the
exodus is all night even according to REbA, as indicated by the story of the
chachamim in Bnei Brak who told the story all night, one of whom was REbA
himself.

Saul Mashbaum
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