Reeh 16:3 · unit 4

TT #371 · Parashas Reeh · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 16:3

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תֹאכַ֤ל עָלָיו֙ חָמֵ֔ץ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֛ים תֹּֽאכַל־עָלָ֥יו מַצּ֖וֹת לֶ֣חֶם עֹ֑נִי כִּ֣י בְחִפָּז֗וֹן יָצָ֙אתָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לְמַ֣עַן תִּזְכֹּר֔ אֶת־י֤וֹם צֵאתְךָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

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.

Chabad.org — 16:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Pesachim.

Sefaria — Pesachim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֶחֶם עֹנִי – לֶחֶם שֶׁעוֹנִין עָלָיו דְּבָרִים הַרְבֵּה.

English: "Bread of affliction" — bread over which many things are recited.

On the daf / in context: The matzah is the occasion for the recitation of the Haggadah, Hallel, and the other elements of the Seder.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Pesachim) — matzah is the bread over which the Haggadah is said.

What Is Learned

Matzah is called "bread of affliction" because many words (the Haggadah and related texts) are recited over it.