This is a great distillation of the dual nature of the Seder as programmed by the Tana'im to reflect those dual aims. Curious as to how this fits with the Biblical פסח/חג המצות . You can see the juxtapositions there - as you note with korech, the original mitzvah of maror was not to eat alone but with the korban ”על מצות ומרורים" and the sole verse that refers to matzah as a bread of poverty also invokes the concept of חפזון, alluding back to the haste with which the Israelites were commanded to consume the first Pesah lamb in the Exodus passage, and the haste with which they left without baking their bread (though didn't they bake matzah to eat the lamb before they left?).
This is a great distillation of the dual nature of the Seder as programmed by the Tana'im to reflect those dual aims. Curious as to how this fits with the Biblical פסח/חג המצות . You can see the juxtapositions there - as you note with korech, the original mitzvah of maror was not to eat alone but with the korban ”על מצות ומרורים" and the sole verse that refers to matzah as a bread of poverty also invokes the concept of חפזון, alluding back to the haste with which the Israelites were commanded to consume the first Pesah lamb in the Exodus passage, and the haste with which they left without baking their bread (though didn't they bake matzah to eat the lamb before they left?).