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Matzo or matzah (; with many other spellings in English, plural matzot ) is an unleavened bread traditionally eaten by Jews during the week-long Passover holiday, when eating chametz — bread and other food which is made with leavened grain — is forbidden according to Jewish law.
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Matzo and matzah
Matzo meal pancakes, made from fried matzo meal ( powder ground matzah ), egg, and milk, are eaten when wheatflour pancakes and bread are forbidden.
Matzo and with
* Matzo cereal – Matzo meal boiled in water and often served with milk and butter
* Matzo kugel – A kugel made with matzo instead of noodles
Matzo kleys ( dumplings ) are small balls made from suet mixed with chopped fried onions, chopped parsley, beaten egg, and seasonings, dropped into soup and cooked.
Matzo and many
Matzo is a staple food during the holiday and used as an ingredient of many Passover dishes.
Matzo and other
Many events are aimed at singles of particular affiliations, interest, or religions. Some of the most strongly attented such events are the Christmas Eve party targeted at young Jewish singles in major cities in North America, particularly the Matzo Ball and its big city competitors. A variety of other religious organizations ' singles events are also very popular.
Matzo is traditionally prepared from water and flour only, but there are other varieties, such as egg matzo, which may also contain fruit juice.
Matzo and is
Matzo is eaten instead of bread.
Matzo is eaten by Jews as an obligation during the Passover Seder meal ; during the rest of the holiday its consumption is optional, though customary, as only unleavened bread may be eaten.
Matzo ( flat unleavened bread ) is a symbol of the holiday.
Matzo may be made by machine or by hand ; the latter type of matzo, called shmura matzo (" watched " or " guarded " matzo ), is the bread of preference for the Passover Seder in Orthodox Jewish communities.
* The Matzah brei is a well-known Ashkenazi Jewish variation which relies on mixing a crumbled Matzo into the beaten egg before frying.
Matzo farfel is simply matzo broken into small pieces.
She was born Emma Matzo ( some sources mistakenly give her family name as " Motzas ") in the Pine Brook section of Scranton, Pennsylvania, one of six children, to Ruthenian parents who had emigrated from Uzhgorod, in what is now Ukraine.
Matzo and unleavened
The high number of Jewish inhabitants led to the area being called Mazzesinsel (" Island of Matzo ", a type of unleavened bread ).
Matzo and bread
Matzo has also been called Lechem Oni ( Hebrew: " bread of poverty ").
Matzo and by
In the 1930s, in order to produce their products all year round, the company created the Tam-tam cracker, which looks like little matzos, according to a recent book Manischewitz: The Matzo Family, written by the founder's great-granddaughter, Laura Manischewitz Alpern.
Matzo and Jews
Matzo Ball events and parties are an option for single Jews.
Matzo and Passover
** Spelt Matzo ( Kosher for Passover )
** Matzo Farfel Canister ( Kosher for Passover )
** Matzo Meal Canister ( Kosher for Passover )
Matzo and eating
# Matzo מצה – blessing before eating matzo
# Motzi מוציא, Matzo מצה – blessing before eating matzo, and Maror מרור – eating of the maror, Koreich כורך – eating of a sandwich made of matzo and maror
Matzo and Jewish
* Matzo ( Jewish ): white plain flour and water
matzah and with
Kosher for Passover cakes and cookies are made with matzah meal or a finer variety called " cake meal ", which gives them a denser texture than ordinary baked foods made with flour.
A problem with this matzah before the introduction of freezing is that it did not keep for more than a day or two, being subject to staling like any soft bread, not a problem with hard matzah.
Oat and spelt matzah with kosher certification are produced, and are suitable for people who cannot eat wheat.
Ultra-Orthodox Shmurah matzah is typically expensive, generally between $ 18 –$ 22 per pound in the US, but sometimes costing up to $ 50 per pound for special varieties with particular stringencies.
Among many Hasidic Jews, only hand-made shmurah matzah may be used, in accord with the opinion of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, who ruled that machine-made matzoth were chametz.
However the non-Hasidic Haredi community of Jerusalem follows the custom that machine-made matzah may be used, with preference to the use of shmurah flour, in accordance with the ruling of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld, who actually ruled that machine-made matzah may be preferable to hand made in some cases.
" Egg ( sometimes enriched ) matzah " are matzot usually made with fruit juice, often grape or apple juice instead of water, but not necessarily with eggs themselves.
Commenting on Rabbi Yosef Karo's permission to use egg matzah, the Rema responded "… in our communities, we do not knead ( matzah ) dough with fruit juice .… And one should not change from this unless in a time of emergency for the sake of a sick or old person who needs this " Those who follow this prohibition of eating egg matzah on Passover also include chocolate covered matzah, grape flavoured matzah and the many other varieties available.
Some Ashkenazim do not cook with matzah, believing that mixing it with water may allow leavening ; the mixture is called " gebrochts " by Ashkenazic Jews.
* Chicken soup with matzah balls ( kneydlach ) – Chicken soup served with matzo-meal dumplings
matzah and many
Many Haredi or ultra-orthodox Jews are extremely scrupulous about the supervision of their matzah, as eating leavened products during Passover is liable to the extremely grave divine punishment of Kareth ( or a sin-offering if unintentional ); consequently many have the custom of baking their own matzo, or at least participating in some stage of the baking process.
Flatbreads such as lafa, lavash, matzah or matzo, naan, roti, sangak, tortilla, or yufka are used in many parts of the world.
matzah and other
After baking, matzah may be ground into fine or coarser crumbs, known as matzah meal, used to make matza balls and added to other foods, such as gefilte fish, instead of flour.
According to the Jewish Virtual Library, one common interpretation of the practice of having three pieces of matzah on a Seder plate is that they represent " Kohen, Levi and Yisrael " ( i. e., the priests, the tribe of Levi, and all other Jewish people ).
The top and other half of the middle matzot will be used for the hamotzi ( blessing over bread ), and the bottom matzah will be used for the korech ( Hillel sandwich ).
matzah and English
Spellings listed in the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary include matzo, matzah, matso, motsa, motso, maẓẓo, matza, matzho, matzoh, mazzah, motza, and mozza.
Azymes is an archaic English word for matzah, derived from the Koine Greek word " ἄζυμος " ( ázymos: " unleavened ") for unfermented bread in Biblical times.
For example the Hebrew word מ ַ צ ָּ ה is rendered in English, according to the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, as matzo, matzah, matso, motsa, motso, maẓẓo, matza, matzho, matzoh, mazzah, motza, and mozza.
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