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Matzah Is the Bread of Freedom Precisely Because It Is the Bread of Affliction
Appreciating the frugal life in an age of abundance.
While there can be no doubt about the centrality of unleavened bread to Passover, its meaning is not at all straightforward. The Torah itself calls it the “bread of affliction,” but elsewhere implies that it is in fact a symbol of freedom. While some rabbis have claimed this paradox is fundamental to understanding matzah, others, writes Shalom Carmy, see no paradox at all:
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