<div dir="ltr"><div>Regarding learning at the seder:</div><div><br></div>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.<div>
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.</div><div>Ad kan divrei R. Asher.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Saul Mashbaum<br><div><br></div></div></div>