Take hold of the middle of the three matzahs on your Seder Plate.

We need the top matzah to remain whole. We’ll be making a blessing on it later on. Blessings are said on whole things.

Break it in two. Leave the smaller half between the two complete matzos.

The piece that remains on the Seder Plate is the “poor man’s bread” over which the tale of our slavery is said. Poor people only eat a small part of their bread -- they need to save the rest in case tomorrow there is none.

Break the remaining (larger) piece into five pieces and wrap them in a cloth.

According to Kabbalah, the world is created through five contractions of light.

Hide the package until the end of the Seder when it will be eaten as the Afikoman, or dessert.


haggadah Section: Yachatz