Ha Lachma Anya is written in Aramaic.
The passage appears near the beginning of the Magid section of the Passover Haggadah, after the matzah is uncovered. Its opening words mean “This is the bread of affliction” or “This is the bread of poverty,” referring to the matzah eaten by the Israelites in Egypt. It then invites anyone who is hungry to join the Seder and ends with hopes for freedom and a return to the Land of Israel.
Its Aramaic wording reflects the linguistic world of the Babylonian Jewish academies and the development of the Haggadah. Scholars disagree about its precise origin: some connect it with the Land of Israel, while others trace it to Babylonia or the Gaonic period. It is not simply Hebrew written with different pronunciation.
A common mix-up is assuming that every passage in the Haggadah is Hebrew. The Haggadah contains Hebrew, Aramaic, and later additions in various languages. Ha Lachma Anya is especially recognizable because its language differs from the surrounding Hebrew prayers and biblical quotations.