Breaking the Matzah during the Pesach Séder
Jewish celebration of Pesach - Passover
The photo is part of my photographic exhibition featuring 21 laminated panels. The images of the exhibit represent the symbols of Jewish festivals throughout the year.
The exhibition has been shown in various places.
See on flickr : "Light and Tradition"
www.flickr.com/photos/studiodobs/albums/72157689952244162
Matzah ( Hebrew: מַצָּה; Yiddish: מצה; plural matzoth) is an unleavened bread traditionally eaten by Jews during the Passover festival, when chametz (bread and other food made with leaven) is forbidden according to Jewish religious law.
Unleavened bread was one of the foods the Jews in Egypt were commanded to eat along with the paschal lamb (Exodus 12:8).
In commemoration of that first Séder meal, and the haste in which the Israelites left Egypt — giving them no time to allow their bread to rise — we eat matzah at the Séder and instead of bread throughout the holiday.
Matzah is one of those wonderful transcendent ritual items in Judaism, a symbol embodying a duality to teach a moral lesson.
Breaking the Matzah during the Pesach Séder
Jewish celebration of Pesach - Passover
The photo is part of my photographic exhibition featuring 21 laminated panels. The images of the exhibit represent the symbols of Jewish festivals throughout the year.
The exhibition has been shown in various places.
See on flickr : "Light and Tradition"
www.flickr.com/photos/studiodobs/albums/72157689952244162
Matzah ( Hebrew: מַצָּה; Yiddish: מצה; plural matzoth) is an unleavened bread traditionally eaten by Jews during the Passover festival, when chametz (bread and other food made with leaven) is forbidden according to Jewish religious law.
Unleavened bread was one of the foods the Jews in Egypt were commanded to eat along with the paschal lamb (Exodus 12:8).
In commemoration of that first Séder meal, and the haste in which the Israelites left Egypt — giving them no time to allow their bread to rise — we eat matzah at the Séder and instead of bread throughout the holiday.
Matzah is one of those wonderful transcendent ritual items in Judaism, a symbol embodying a duality to teach a moral lesson.