The Seder must be conducted at night.
The Haggadah makes repeated reference to night, most famously in the four questions: ‘How is this night different from all other nights?’
This is not just about timing. Night is a metaphor for the darkness of the challenges through which we have to struggle. Yet, like the five rabbis who debated the Exodus until their pupils came to tell them that it was time for the morning prayers, we do not give up until a new dawn has broken.
This symbolises the deep resilience of Judaism and the human spirit. We need that resilience now as much as ever, in these frightening times.