Breaking the middle matzah

When we break bread together, we create comfort and friendship. Take the middle piece of the three Matzahs on the table, break it in half, and hide part of it away to share later. We also remember that people who are hungry also hide some of their bread for later, because they can’t be certain from where their next meal will come.

In years without plague, in an act of radical hospitality, we would welcome to our Seder all who are in need of food, namely any human being, regardless of their native land, religious tradition, language, social status, political stance, or personal characteristics. We pledge to feed and nurture each other's bodies and protect one anothers freedoms.

“This is the bread of affliction, which our ancestors ate in the land of egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat. Let all who are in need come celebrate passover. Now we are here - next year together with those we love. Now we are slaves. Next year we will be free.”

הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִי אֲכָלוּ אַבְהָתָנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם. כָּל דִכְפִין יֵיתֵי וְיֵיכֹל, כָּל דִצְרִיךְ יֵיתֵי וְיִפְסַח. הָשַׁתָּא הָכָא, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל. הָשַׁתָּא עַבְדֵי, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין.

Ha lachma anya dee achalu avhatana b'ara d'meetzrayeem. Kol deechfeen yeitei v'yeichol, kol deetzreech yeitei v'yeefsach. Hashata hacha, l'shanah haba-ah b'ara d'yisra-el. Hashata avdei, l'shanah haba-ah b'nei choreen.

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haggadah Section: Yachatz