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R' Yosei says: If they dozed they may eat from the Paschal lamb when they awake, but if they fell fast asleep they may not eat from it. The rabbis further said: The Paschal lamb after midnight renders one’s hands ritually impure, as it becomes notar, an offering that remained after the time when t
Talmud: We learned in the Mishnah that R' Yosei says: If they dozed they may eat from the Paschal lamb, but if they fell asleep they may not eat from it. The Talmud asks: What are the circumstances of dozing? Rav Ashi said: One is asleep but not asleep, awake but not awake, when, if they call him
The Talmud cites a related episode: Abaye was sitting before Rabba, and he saw that Rabba was dozing off after he had begun to eat the final obligatory piece of matza. He said to him: Is the Master sleeping? Rabba said to him: I am dozing, and we learned in the Mishnah: If they dozed, they may eat
We learned in the Mishnah that the Paschal lamb after midnight renders one’s hands ritually impure. The Talmud infers: Apparently, from midnight and onward the Paschal lamb is classified as notar. The Talmud asks: Who is the tanna who maintains this opinion?
Rav Yosef said: It is R' Elazar ben Azarya, as it was taught in a baraita: With regard to the verse “And they shall eat of the meat on that night” (Exodus 12:8), R' Elazar ben Azarya says: Here it is stated “on that night,” from which it cannot be determined when the night ends. And below it is sta