| 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).
