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There are three pieces of matzah stacked on the table. We now break
the middle matzah into two pieces. The host should wrap up the larger of
the pieces and, at some point between now and the end of dinner, hide
it. This piece is called the afikomen, literally “dessert” in Greek. After
dinner, the guests will have to hunt for the afikomen in order to wrap up
the meal… and win a prize!
We eat matzah in memory of the quick flight of our ancestors from
captivity. As slaves, they 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 what we call matzah.
Uncover and hold up the three pieces of matzah and say:
י ֵ יתֵיְך י ִ ר ְצ ִ ל ד ָ ל, ּכֹיכֵי ְי ו ֵ יתֵין י ִ פ ְ כ ִ ל ד ָ ם. ּכִי ָ ר ְ צ ִ מ ְ א ד ָ ע ְַאר ְ א ּב ָ נ ָ ת ָ ה ְ לּו ַאב ָכ ֲ י א ִ א דָיְנ ַ א ע ָ מ ְ ח ַ א ל ָ ה
ין. ִ י חֹורֵנ ְ ָאה ּב ָ ּב ַ ה הָנ ָ ׁשְי, לֵ ד ְ ב ַ א ע ָ ּת ַ ׁש ָ ל. ה ֵ א ָ ר ְ ׂשִי ְ א ד ָ ע ְ ַאר ְ ָאה ּב ָ ּב ַ ה הָנ ָ ׁשְא, לָכ ָ א ה ָ ּת ַ ׁש ָ ח. ה ַ ס ְ פִיְו
Ha lachma anya dee achalu avhatana b'ara d'meetzrayeem. Kol deechfeen
yeitei v'yeichol, kol deetzreech yeitei v'yeefsach. Hashata hacha, l'shanah
haba-ah b'ara d'yisra-el. Hashata avdei, l'shanah haba-ah b'nei choreen.
Yachatz ץ ַ ח ַי
Breaking the middle matzah