| Wednesday | Nissan 16, 2nd day of chag ha'matzot (Pesach); first of omer | 5703 | | 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 | | Torah lessons: | 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).
