We eat matzo at Passover as a reminder of the sacrifices poverty forces us to make. This "bread of affliction" saved us, but was a reminder of our plight. We eat it all these years later as a reminder that there are people who are still hungry, who are still making hard choices, and we pray that the coming years will bring them a relief from their affliction, just as the Jews were freed from their hardship in Egypt.

Of the three matzo in the basket, the leader will take the middle one and break it into two pieces. The bigger piece is laid on their shoulder as they say: "In haste did we leave Egypt." Now, the youngest person will hide the afikoman for the leader to find after the meal.


haggadah Section: Yachatz
Source: Susannah Goya-Pack