Passover (Pesach) is known as the "holiday of freedom," commemorating the Jewish Exodus from Egypt following 210 years of slavery. Passover is regarded as the "birth" of the Jewish nation, and its lessons of struggle and identity continue to form the basis of Jewish consciousness 3,300 years after the event.
On Passover, we break the matzah as a symbol of the "poor man’s bread" that the slaves ate in Egypt. There were various degrees of slavery. Some lived under better conditions, some worse. What this means is that some had access to food and some did not. Those that did, broke their bread and shared it with others who had less, hence the term “poor man’s bread.”
This is symbolized by the act of breaking the matzah in half at the Seder,
On Passover, we break the matzah as a symbol of the "poor man’s bread" that the slaves ate in Egypt. There were various degrees of slavery. Some lived under better conditions, some worse. What this means is that some had access to food and some did not. Those that did, broke their bread and shared it with others who had less, hence the term “poor man’s bread.”
This is symbolized by the act of breaking the matzah in half at the Seder,