Also placed on the table are three pieces of matzah — a cracker-like unleavened bread — that represent the bread the Israelites took with them when they fled Egypt, and salt water to represent the tears of the slaves.

What is the symbolism of matzah?

Also called the Bread of Affliction, (Lechem Oni in Hebrew), matzah symbolizes the hardship of slavery and the Jewish people's hasty transition to freedom.

Why do we eat matzah on Passover?

When the holiday begins after sunset Monday (April 14), they will eat matzo at their Seders, the ritual Passover meals. The unleavened matzo reminds that the Israelites, fleeing slavery with Pharoah's army at their heels, had no time to let their bread rise, and ate flat matzo instead.