"Why break the matzah? It is to remind us that as long as some are oppressed, none are free. Why break the middle matzah? It is to remind us that the heart of a caring person breaks whenever they see others in pain. Why hide half of the broken matzah? It is to remind us that all too often we hide from another's anguish. How often do we walk sightless past deeds of injustice? How often are we deaf to the calls for help? How often do we stand idly by while others suffer? Let this ritual of breaking and hiding the matzah awaken our senses to the feeling of others." -- Rabbi Rheins and Rabbi Rheins

"We break the matzah and hide one part (the Afikomen). We recognize that liberation is made by imperfect people, broken, fragmented — so don’t wait until you are totally pure, holy, spiritually centered, and psychologically healthy to get involved in  tikkun  (the healing and repair of the world). It will be imperfect people, wounded healers, who do the healing as we simultaneously work on ourselves." -- Cara Levine-Brenner


haggadah Section: Yachatz