Hayom Yom

ט״ז ניסן

On the second night of Pesach the order of prayers in the Sh'ma, On Retiring (p. 119) is the same as for every festival. [1]

Wednesday Nissan 16, 5703, 2nd day of Chag Ha'matzot (Pesach); first of Omer

Chumash: Acharei Mot, Revi'i with Rashi.

Tehillim: 79-82.

Tanya: Yet in fact (p. 211)...and the like. (p. 215).

Even one who is, G-d forbid, orphaned from his father, declares before beginning the Ma Nishtana, "Tateh Ich Vell Ba Dir Freggen Feer Kashess" ("Father, I am going to ask you four questions").

In a similar vein, even one whose mother and father are, G-d forbid, no longer alive, nonetheless says in Birkat Hamazon (grace after meals) "May the Merciful One bless my father my teacher, etc., my mother my teacher, etc." (p. 93).

Notes:

However, on the first evening of Pesach, called Leil shimurim, the "protected evening," we say only the first paragraph of Sh'ma (p.119) and the closing B'racha, Hamapil (p. 123).