לֹא־תֹאכַ֤ל עָלָיו֙ חָמֵ֔ץ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֛ים תֹּֽאכַל־עָלָ֥יו מַצּ֖וֹת לֶ֣חֶם עֹ֑נִי כִּ֣י בְחִפָּז֗וֹן יָצָ֙אתָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לְמַ֣עַן תִּזְכֹּר֔ אֶת־י֤וֹם צֵֽאתְךָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃
你吃逾越節祭肉的時候不可吃有酵的餅;七日之內,你要吃無酵餅,就是困苦的餅,因為你出埃及地是急忙的,好讓你一生的日子都記得你出埃及地的那一日。
Mishneh Torah, Reading the Shema
Although the precept to wear fringes is not incumbent at night, still the section concerning this precept is recited at night, because it mentions the departure from Egypt, which it is a duty to recall by day and at night, as it is said, "that thou mayest remember the day of thy going forth from the land of Egypt all the days of thy life" (Deuteronomy 16:3). The reading of these three sections in this order is termed "The reading of the Shema."
Mishneh Torah, Leavened and Unleavened Bread
It is forbidden to eat chamets on the fourteenth from midday - which is the beginning of the seventh hour of the day (if the day is divided into twelve hours) - and onward. And anyone that eats [it] at that time is lashed by Torah writ, as it is stated (Deuteronomy 16:3), "You shall not eat chamets upon it" - meaning to say, upon the Passover sacrifice. Thus did they learn the explanation of this thing from the oral tradition: "You shall not eat chamets" from the time that is fit for the sacrifice of the Passover sacrifice, which is in "the afternoon" (Exodus 12:6) - and that is half the day.
Mishneh Torah, Reading the Shema
He who has been bereaved of a relative for whom he has to keep the period of mourning is exempted from reading the Shema till he has buried the body, as his mind is not free for reading it. A watcher, even if the body is not that of a relative, is exempt from reading the Shema. When there are two watchers, one watches while the other withdraws to another room and reads it. Then he returns and watches while his companion withdraws and reads it. So too, one who is engaged in digging a grave for the interment of a human body is exempt, for the time being, from reading the Shema.