Take the 2-minute tour ×  One of the questions (examples?) in
the Mah Nishtana is why on all other nights we eat leavened
bread or matzah and tonight (Passover) we only eat matzah.
However in the introduction to the seder we state "This is the
bread of our affliction..." which would seem to explain why we
are eating matzah. Since this introduction is said before the
Mah Nishtana how do we understand the question regarding eating
matzah?  share|improve this question We never say they left
Egypt. –  Double AA Mar 3 '13 at 4:35 SheBeChol HaLeiloth Anu
Shoalim Lifnei SheAnu 'Onim. –  Seth J Mar 3 '13 at 4:45
@DoubleAA, true, but after being told "This is the pain-bread
that our fathers ate in Egypt", why would a kid ask "What's with
the funny bread?"? He (thinks he) already has his answer! – 
msh210 Mar 3 '13 at 5:58 @msh210 no, he doesn't -- he has a
stronger question. We aren't in Egypt anymore. Why are we eating
it TONIGHT? Only through the text of avadim hayinu, which
connects then and now does he understand