Study Pesachim folio 99B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Mishnah: On the eve of Passover, adjacent to minḥa time, a person may not eat until dark, so that he will be able to eat matza that night with a hearty appetite. Even the poorest of Jews should not eat the meal on Passover night until he reclines on his left side, as free and wealthy people reclin
Talmud: The Talmud expresses surprise at the Mishnah’s statement that one may not eat on Passover eve from the time that is adjacent to minḥa. Why discuss this halakha particularly with regard to the eves of Passover? Even on the eves of Shabbat and other Festivals it is also prohibited to eat in t
Rav Huna said: The Mishnah was necessary only according to the opinion of R' Yosei, who said that one may continue eating until dark. According to his opinion, the Mishnah is necessary to emphasize that this applies only on the eves of Shabbat and Festivals. But on the eve of Passover, due to the
Rav Pappa said: Even if you say that the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, there is still a difference between the eves of Shabbat and other Festivals, as compared with the eve of Passover. There, on the eves of Shabbat and other Festivals, it is only from minḥa time onward t
The Talmud asks: And on Friday adjacent to minḥa time, is it permitted to eat? But wasn’t the following taught in a baraita? A person may not eat on Friday and Festivals from 9 hours onward, so that he will enter Shabbat when he is filled with the desire to eat; this is the statement of R' Yehuda. R