It is an intriguing way to open the Seder, and specifically Maggid the telling of the story. – הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא This is the bread of affliction. At first glance, this feels almost pedagogically misplaced. Pesach is built on questions, on curiosity, on the slow unfolding of wonder. And yet we begin with an answer, pointing to the matza and naming it, seemingly preempting the very first question of the Mah Nishtanah:

 שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין חָמֵץ וּמַצָּה, הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה – כֻּלּוֹ........

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