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One of the central reasons for eating matzah on Passover is to commemorate the haste of the Exodus from Egypt. As it is stated: | One of the central reasons for eating matzah on Passover is to commemorate the haste of the Exodus from Egypt. As it is stated: "they baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for it had not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay"<ref>Exodus 12:39.</ref>. Similarly, it is written: "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it... so that you may remember the day you came out of the land of Egypt... for you departed from the land of Egypt in haste"<ref>Deuteronomy 16:3.</>. | ||
Accordingly, the eating of matzah represents the fact that at the time of the Exodus, our ancestors’ dough did not have time to leaven, and they were compelled to bake it as it was—matzah{{ref|They brought out dough from Egypt, and baked it into matzot when they arrived at Sukkot; and from the time they left Raamses until they came to Sukkot, the dough did not leaven. Likkutei Torah}}. | Accordingly, the eating of matzah represents the fact that at the time of the Exodus, our ancestors’ dough did not have time to leaven, and they were compelled to bake it as it was—matzah{{ref|They brought out dough from Egypt, and baked it into matzot when they arrived at Sukkot; and from the time they left Raamses until they came to Sukkot, the dough did not leaven. Likkutei Torah}}. | ||