The Bread of Affliction

Because it is impossible to find matzoh in any of the stores in my little community (or in any within an hour's drive) I have, this year, made home made matzoh for our upcoming Passover dinner.

The cookbook I'm using (The New York Times Passover Cookbook) declares that the "laws governing the baking of matzoh for for Passover are so stringent that doing so at home is virtually impossible..." (page 95).

- Granted - I don't know very much about modern Kosher laws, but this seems like a far cry from the first Passover when the Israelite people baked their humble bread over hurried cook fires.

And they shall eat the meat on that night, roasted over the fire, and matzos, with bitter herbs, shall they eat it. - Exodus 12:8

Look! This is the bread of affliction, the humble and simple bread which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt.  Let those who are hungry join us at this Seder, and let them partake of what we have to share.