Leader: 

There are three pieces of matzah stacked on the table. We now break the middle matzah into two pieces and hide the Afikomen.


Group Member:
At the Seder, we begin as slaves. We eat matzah in memory of the quick flight of our ancestors from Egypt. As slaves, they had faced many false starts before finally being let go. So when the word of their freedom came, they took whatever dough they had and ran with it before it had the chance to rise, leaving it looking something like matzah.  The matzah enables us to imagine what it was like to have only poor bread to eat, to be denied our right to live free and healthy lives.

 


haggadah Section: Yachatz