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BLESSINGS & PRAYERS
Glossary
Halachot
- What Is Halacha
- Agriculture
- ATTIRE
- BLESSINGS/BRACHOT
- BRIT MILA
- CHARITY/TZEDAKA
- DEATH AND MOURNING
- HOLIDAYS
- HOLY WRITTEN OBJECTS
- INTERPERSONAL/BEIN ADAM L'CHAVEIRO
- KOSHER/KASHRUT
- Nida/Taharat HaMishpacha
- PRAYERS
- SHABBAT
- Tahara/Tum'a
- WEDDINGS and MARRIAGE
- WOMEN (and GIRLS)
- MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
- MEASUREMENTS & QUANTITIES
Search results for: ""Lechem oni""
Matza: Meaning
Matza represents:
- Food of poor people, and
- The unleavened bread that the Israelites ate when leaving Egypt.
Note A pun reflects this dual meaning of poor bread plus the story of leaving Egypt, since “lechem oni” may mean “bread of poor people” or “bread of (many) answers.”