Tonight, Jews around the world will start celebrating Pesach (Passover), the festival of spring and freedom, associated with one of the main events of biblical history - the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt and their liberation from 400-year slavery, their birth as a nation. For the Jewish people Pesach is considered the most significant holiday of the year. In Israel, Pesach is celebrated for a week, in the diaspora - for eight days. The main attribute of Pesach is matzah - the Jewish 'bread of affliction'. There is a legend that the Israelites left Egypt in such haste they could not wait for their bread dough to rise, so they baked unleavened flatbreads. Last week, a solemn ceremony of kosher matzah baking in the run-up to the holiday took place at the 'Ohaley Yaakov' Academy of Judaism. The process of making matzah – from mixing flour with water to baking a last flatbread - should take no more than 18 minutes.
Ceremony of kosher matzah baking in 'Ohaley Yaakov' Academy of Judaism
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