In Yachatz, the breaking of the matzot, three pieces are put in the middle of the table. When in the middle, one of the pieces are broken into two and one is wrapped for later purposes and the other is set around the area. When hidden, kids have to find this piece, called the afikomen, and usually get a reward, for fun.

In modern day culture, divorces are done through the fighting of a married couple. Eventually, as parents are divorced, they split apart and never return back to each other. But, as life continues, they might cross paths again. This is like the breaking of the matzot because these parents might cross paths from the use of their children.


haggadah Section: Yachatz