The Bread of Affliction

On Passover we relive the story of our people, sitting together at home as an extended family as if we were back in the Egypt of the pharaohs, on the night before we are about to go free after long exile and harsh enslavement.

We begin the drama by holding up a matzah, the dry unleavened bread that is one of the key symbols of the festivals, and saying,

“This is the bread of affliction our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat.” 


haggadah Section: Yachatz