🌀 Uncover the Matzot, lift the plate and say:

This is the bread of affliction, the bread of poverty our ancestors ate in Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat. Let all who are slaves to their desires share the message of Passover. While we celebrate here, we join with our people everywhere. Tonight we celebrate here. Next year, in the Land of Israel. Now we all feel our bonds. Next year, may we all be free.

הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִּי אֲכָלוּ אַבְהָתָנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם. כָּל־דִּכְפִין יֵיתֵי וְיֵיכֻל, כָּל־דִּצְרִיךְ יֵיתֵי וְיִפְסַּח. הָשַׁתָּא הָכָא, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל. הָשַׁתָּא עַבְדֵי, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין.

Ha lakhma anya di achalu avahatana b’ar’a d’Mitzra’yim. Kol dichfin yaytay v’yaychul, kol ditzrich yaytay v’yifsakh. Hashata hacha, l’shanah haba’ah b’ar’a d’Yisrael. Hashata avday, l’shanah haba’ah b’nai khorin.

Let all who wish to explore the meaning of slavery and its consequences, and all who hunger to assert their spiritual freedom, join us in our observance of the Festival of Matzah.

Let one who is hungry enter and eat. As never before, we know how many are hungry, here at home, in our own communities, and around the world. The poor are not helped by our rhetoric, no matter how compelling.

So our host has put aside the amount it would cost to feed at least one other person at this Seder.¹

☞ What commitments can each of us make to food justice?

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The Prelude - 4 Yachatz (break the middle matzah)	The Prelude - 5 - The Four Questions
To explore the structure of the Seder and this Haggadah, check the Table of Contents

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Footnotes

¹ For instructions on how to arrange the Mazon donation click here.