Note 85 — II. OUR DUTIES. (continued 3)

7. ‏מוציא מצה‎. Two pieces of ‏מצה‎ are taken; one piece, broken off the whole cake, representing the bread eaten at ordinary meals for ‏מוציא‎, and the other piece taken from the broken one, representing the ‏מצה‎ we are commanded to eat on the Seder-night. Before eating the two pieces two blessings are recited ‏ברוך … המוציא לחם מן הארץ‎ “Blessed art thou … who bringest forth bread from the earth,” and ‏ברוך … אשר קדשנו ּּּ על אכילת מצה‎ “Blessed art thou … who hast sanctified us by Thy commandments and hast commanded us to eat ‏מצה‎.”85