passover's ultimate irony

Passover starts this evening.

You know what's the ultimate irony about Passover? The seder itself. Let me explain...

What's the best-known symbol of Passover? Matzoh -- the thin crackers of unleavened bread, which are also central to the seder. The matzoh is commemorative of the fact that the Israelites were so rushed in their exodus from slavery in Egypt that they didn;t even have time to let their bread rise.

And, with that as the focus, we spend gobs and gobs of time in preparation of the Passover meal where we eat the only kind of bread that our forebears had time for.