Yachatz

There are three pieces of matzah stacked on the table. Take the middle piece and break it into two pieces. Give the larger of the two new pieces to the host, who will wrap it in a napkin and, at some point between now and the end of dinner, discreetly slip away to hide it. This hidden piece of matzah is called the afikoman, literally “dessert” in Greek. After dinner, we will hunt for the afikoman, and whoever finds it will win a prize!

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We eat matzah, unleavened bread, to remind us that when the Israelites were finally freed, they fled Egypt so quickly that their bread did not have time to rise.


haggadah Section: Yachatz