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Until when do we eat the matza at the second Seder?

The Rav Name: Rabbis of the Da’at Institute
  • Question

Hi, i would like to know at what time do i have to eat the matza on the second Seder on Passover?

Thanks in advance.

  • Answer

If your question refers to the second night of Pesach outside of Israel, which is the second Seder, there is no requirement to finish the Afikoman (last piece of Matzah and last of any kind of food eaten on Seder night) before (Halachic) midnight. 


If your question refers to Pesach Sheni, 14th of Iyar in the Jewish calendar, when a second chance was given to people who did not bring the Pesach sacrifice on the appointed day, and is commemorated today by eating matzah, the practice is to eat it during the day. The Lubavitcher Rebbe also ate Matzah after sunset on that day, namely at the beginning of the 15th of Iyar.

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