You shall not eat leaven with it; seven days you shall eat with it matzos, the bread of affliction, for in haste you went out of the land of Egypt, in order that you may remember the day of your going out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
English: "Bread of affliction" — just as a poor person is accustomed to a broken piece, so here [the blessing is] over a broken piece; alternatively, just as the way of a poor person is that he heats the oven and his wife bakes, so here he heats and his wife bakes.
On the daf / in context: Both the broken piece at the Seder and the simple domestic preparation reflect the character of poverty-bread.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Pesachim) — broken piece and simple preparation.
What Is Learned
The blessing over matzah is recited over a broken piece, and the matzah is prepared in the simple manner of the poor.