Ask anyone – why do we eat matzah on Pesach? Invariably you will hear one of the two following answers:
To remind us of the ‘poor man’s bread’ that we ate when we were slaves in Egypt [‘lechem oni’];
[As we say in the Haggada – “ha lachma anya…”]
Because we left Egypt in haste and our dough didn’t have time to rise [‘chipazon’].
[As we say in the Haggada – “Matza – al shum ma? al shum she-lo hispik betzeikam le-hachmitz…”]
So, which reason is correct?
In the following shiur, we uncover the biblical roots of these two reasons in Parshat Bo – in an attempt to better understand and appreciate why we eat matza on Pesach.
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