The words “Breaking News” used to mean that something big and unexpected just happened. Now, every single news story begins with “Breaking!”  Our world has become simultaneously in need of repair and numb to it's brokenness.  At the Seder, though, before we even begin telling the story of Passover, we split the middle matza and let the sound of it breaking call us to attention. The following is breaking news: We are free!


haggadah Section: Yachatz