Rabban Gamliel used to say, “anyone who has not spoken of these three things on Pesach has not fulfilled his obligation: the Paschal sacrifice, matzah, and maror.”

The Paschal sacrifice our ancestors used to eat when the Temple stood, what was its significance? It commemorated the Holy One passing over the homes of B’ney Yisra’el on the night the firstborn Egyptians were slain. 

(Point to the matzah.)

This matzah that we are eating, what is its significance? It commem- orates our ancestors’ dough not having time to rise before they had to leave Mitzrayim when the Holy One redeemed them. 

.בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַמוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ
Baruch atah Adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, ha-motzi lechem min ha-aretz.
Blessed are you, who creates bread from the land.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
.אֲשֶׁר קִדְשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָנוּ עַל אֲכִילַת מַצָה
Baruch atah Adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, 
asher kid’shanu be-mitzvotav, ve-tzivanu al achilat matzah. 

Blessed are you, who makes us holy with your mitzvot, 
and commands us to eat matzah.
 


haggadah Section: Motzi-Matzah