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אף כאן בפרוסה דבר אחר מה דרכו של עני הוא מסיק ואשתו אופה אף כאן נמי הוא מסיק ואשתו אופה

so here too a piece [is taken].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The blessing for the unleavened bread must be said over a piece of mazzah only, not over a whole one, to emphasize Israel's poverty in Egypt.');">¹</span> Another interpretation: just as a poor man fires [the oven] and his wife bakes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without delay, as they' cannot afford more fuel should the oven cool.');">²</span> so here too, he heats and she bakes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even wealthy people must bake the unleavened bread without unnecessary delay, lest it turn leaven.');">³</span>

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