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ןַﬠ ַמְל ,ר ַמֱאֶנּ ֶשׁ :א ָמוֹז ןֶבּ ה ָשׁ ָר ְדּשׁ ֶ דַﬠ תוֹליֵלַּבּ םי ַר ְצ ִמ ת ַאי ִצְי ר ֵמ ָא ֵתּ ֶשׁ י ִתי ִכָז אֹלְו ,הָנ ָשׁ םי ִﬠ ְב ִשׁ ןֶב ְכ יִנֲא י ֵרֲה :הָי ְרַזֲﬠ ןֶבּ רָזָﬠְל ֶא ר ַמ ָא
לָכּ,הֶזַּה םָלוֹעָה יֶיַּח י ֵמְי :םי ִר ְמוֹא םי ִמָכ ֲחַו .תוֹליֵלּה - ַ יֶיַּח י ֵמְי לָכּ ,םי ִמָיַה יֶיַּח י ֵמְי יֶיַּח י ֵמְי לָכּ םְי ַר ְצ ִמ ץ ֶר ֶא ֵמ ְתאֵצ םוֹי ת ֶא רֹכְּז ִתּ
ַחי ִשׁ ָמַה תוֹמיִל אי ִבָהְל יֶיַּח י ֵמְי

Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah said: "I am like a seventy-year old man and I have not succeeded in understanding
why the Exodus from Egypt should be mentioned at night, until Ben Zoma explained it by quoting: "In order
that you may remember the day you left Egypt all the days of your life." The Torah adds the world all to the
phrase the days of your life to indicate that the nights are meant as well. The sages declare that "the days of
your life" means the present world and "all" includes the messianic era.

Leenoy Jarufi—1st grade

All Nighter ‐ Olesia Rosenberg‐Johnson (10th Grade)

One Pesach evening, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Joshua, Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah, Rabbi Akiva, and Rabbi Tarfon,
sat together at B’nei Brak. All throughout the late hours of the evening and into the early hours of the morning,
these five sages told and retold the story of the Exodus, savoring each moment, even though they were all thor-
oughly familiar with the story. They continued their studies until their students came to inform them that the
time had come for morning davening.

Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah came to question why the story of the Exodus is to be told at night. The Torah com-
mands us saying, “That you may remember the day of your going out from Egypt all of the days of your life.”
Ben Zoma answered that if it only said “days of your life” then that would mean the days, but since it says “all
the days of your life”, this includes the nights also. Other sages suggest that the “days of your life” refers to this
world only, but “all of the days of your life” also includes the time of the Mashiach.

I have a different idea. As most know, in Judaism, a new day starts as soon as the sun goes down. Taking this
together with the idea that one should run to do a Mitzvah, I have devised the following conclusion. Since we
are supposed to run to do a Mitzvah, we start telling the story of the Exodus at night because we want to begin
complete this Mitzvah as soon and as thoroughly as possible.