Afikomen: The Custom of Many East European Jews
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"Many East European Jews, and their descendants, follow the custom of saving a piece of the afikomon. They tuck it away in a drawer, and leave it there until the next Passover, a year later, when it is replaced with a new piece.
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This custom developed in commemoration of the verse in Deuteronomy (16:13), `that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.'"
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(The Family Seder. Prepared by Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch. Jonathan David Publishers, Inc. Middle Village, New York. © 1991 by Alfred J. Kolatch)
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