went out, the second group entered; when the second went out, the third entered. Each group proceeded alike. Each group would recite the Hallel (). If they finished it, they would repeat it, but during all their days, they never recited it a third time. Rabbi Judah told that during all the days of the third group, they never got as far as , "I love that the Lord should hear (ahavti ki yishma Adonai)," because that group was small. The Mishnah taught that where inhabitants customarily ate roasted meat on Passover night, one could eat it, while where inhabitants customarily did not to eat it, one could not eat it. Chapter 10 of Mishnah Pesachim taught the procedure for the Passover Seder. On the eve of Passover, no one was to eat from before the Minhah offering (about 3:00 pm) until nightfall. That night, even the poorest people in Israel were not to eat until they reclined in the fashion of free people. Every person was to drink not less than four cups of wine, even if the public charities had to provide it. But one was not to eat unleavened bread (, matzah) during the day before the Seder. Rabbi Levi said that those who eat unleavened bread on the day before Passover are like those who cohabit with their betrothed before they are fully married. Rava used to drink wine all day before the Seder so as to whet his appetite to eat more unleavened bread in the evening. The Gemara taught that one needed to recline for the eating of the unleavened bread (, matzah) and for the drinking of the wine, but not for the bitter herbs. A Baraita taught that each of the four cups of wine needed to contain at least a reviis of wine (the volume of one and a half eggs, or roughly 4 to 5 ounces). And Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak taught that one must drink most of each cup. The Tosefta taught that it is a religious duty for one to bring joy to one's children and dependents on Passover. The Tosefta taught that one brings them joy with wine, as says, "wine . . . makes glad the heart of man." Rabbi Judah taught that one gives to women what is suitable to bring them joy and to children what is suitable to bring them joy. Similarly, in