1. The Passover Seder has fourteen steps . Maggid (telling over the story of the exodus) is the fifth step. During this stage we raise our Matzah (unleavened bread) and say:
“The Matzah that we eat, what is the reason? Because the dough of our fathers could not become leavened before the King of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He, revealed Himself to them and redeemed them, as it is said, ‘They baked the dough that they had brought out of Egypt into Matzah cakes, because it had not fermented, for they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay; nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves’ ” .
2. The Rebbe now asks a question which the previous Chabad leaders have also asked:
Sicha of the Rebbe – Why Do We Eat Matza?
The Rebbe says:
1. The Passover Seder has fourteen steps . Maggid (telling over the story of the exodus) is the fifth step. During this stage we raise our Matzah (unleavened bread) and say:
“The Matzah that we eat, what is the reason? Because the dough of our fathers could not become leavened before the King of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He, revealed Himself to them and redeemed them, as it is said, ‘They baked the dough that they had brought out of Egypt into Matzah cakes, because it had not fermented, for they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay; nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves’ ” .
2. The Rebbe now asks a question which the previous Chabad leaders have also asked: