Reader - Breaking of the Middle Matzah

On the stage we have three pieces of matzah stacked on the table. We now break the middle matzah into two pieces. We wrap up the larger of the pieces and, at some point between now and the end of dinner, we will hide it. This piece is called the afikomen, literally “dessert” in Greek. After dinner, our younger guests will hunt for the afikomen in order to wrap up the meal… and win a prize.

Cong.

We eat matzah in memory of the quick flight of our ancestors from Egypt. When the word of their freedom came, they took whatever "dough" they had to make bread and took it with them before it had the chance to rise, leaving it looking something like matzah.

Reader

Uncover and hold up the three pieces of matzah and say:

Cong.

This is the bread of poverty which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. This year we are here; next year we will be in Israel. 


haggadah Section: Yachatz
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