In the morning one recites two blessings before [the Shema] and one after it, and in the evening [one recites] two [blessings] before [the Shema] and two after it; one lengthy [blessing] and one brief [one]. Where they said to recite a lengthy [blessing], one may not shorten [it]; [where they said] to recite a brief [blessing], one may not lengthen [it]. [Where they said] to con-clude [a blessing] with a closing formula, one may not conclude [the blessing] without the closing formula; and [where they said] not to conclude [a blessing] with a closing formula, one may not conclude [the blessing] with a closing formula.

We mention the Exodus from Egypt at night. R’ Elazar ben Azaryah said: Behold, I am like a seventy-year-old man, yet I did not prevail [with my argument] that the Exodus from Egypt should be mentioned at night, until this was expounded by Ben Zoma: For it is stated: So that you will remember the day of your departure from the land of Egypt all the days of your life (Deuteronomy 16:3.). The days of your life — [this means] the days; all the days of your life — [this includes] the nights [also]. But the Sages say: The days of your life — [this means] this world; all the days of your life — [this comes] to include the days of the Messiah.