Yachatz- Breaking the Middle Matzoh

There are three pieces of matzah stacked on the table. Usually, we would break the middle matzah into two pieces, and hide  the larger of the pieces - the afikomen, literally “dessert” in Greek. And then the children would search for it- well, next year!

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.


haggadah Section: Yachatz