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Traditionally, at this point in the seder the "Four Sons" are talked about.  The Torah refers to four sons: One wise, one wicked, one simple and one who does not know how to ask a question. The Wise Son asks: "What are the testimonials, statutes and laws our God commanded us" You should tell him about the laws of Pesach, that one may eat no dessert after eating the Pesach offering. The Wicked Son asks: "What does this drudgery mean to...

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We will now perform the process of "Yachatz" or breaking of the middle matzah.  Yachatz means "division" in hebrew. As you may have noticed, there is a stack here of three matzahs. The middle one is now broken in half in a somewhat ceremonious fashion. One of the halves will be hidden to be searched for later as a "challenge" for the kids at the seder (in this case all of us). The other half will be returned to the stack....