Commentary for Pesachim 232:2
מצה על שום שנגאלו אבותינו ממצרים [שנאמר (שמות יב, לט) ויאפו את הבצק אשר הוציאו ממצרים וגו'] מרור על שום שמררו המצריים את חיי אבותינו במצרים שנאמר [(שמות א, יד) וימררו את חייהם וגו']
THE PASSOVER-OFFERING IS [SACRIFICED] BECAUSE THE OMNIPRESENT PASSED OVER THE HOUSES OF OUR FATHERS IN EGYPT, AS IT IS SAID, THEN YE SHALL SAY: IT IS THE SACRIFICE OF THE LORD'S PASSOVER, FOR THAT HE PASSED OVER etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XII, 27.');"><sup>1</sup></span> THE UNLEAVENED BREAD IS [EATEN] BECAUSE OUR FATHERS WERE REDEEMED FROM EGYPT, AS IT IS SAID, AND THEY BAKED UNLEAVENED CAKES OF THE DOUGH WHICH THEY BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF EGYPT etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 39.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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