Matza

A journey through Seder night: A time machine of Jewish memory - opinion

From ancient Egypt to now: A look at Jewish seder nights through the ages.

 SEDER TABLES are set up with chairs portraying pictures of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, on the eve of Passover, last year in Jerusalem. Now, we arrive in the present: In Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and kibbutzim in the South, families set extra places at the table – not for Elijah, but for the hostage
 Matzah

Jewish org. urges Red Cross to provide hostages with Matzah for Passover

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Borough Park, New York: Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto participates in Matzah baking ahead of Passover

Matzot Yehuda matzah factory in Jerusalem, 2019.

Passover 2025: What you need to know about the Jewish holiday - explainer


Permitted or Prohibited? The Debate Surrounding Soft Matzot

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Passover: What you need to know about the Jewish holiday - explainer

What is the story of Passover, What are its various traditions and rules, And just what dates will it be taking place this year? Here is everything you need to know.

 Ultra Orthodox Jews prepare Matza, traditional unleavened bread eaten during the 8-day Jewish holiday of Passover, in Jerusalem on April 9, 2024.

Bnei Menashe tribe in India prepares for Passover by baking traditional Matzah

Members of the Bnei Menashe tribe in Northeast India prepare for Passover, baking matzah and observing traditional rituals, hoping to return to their ancestral land, Israel.

 Community members actively engaging in matzah baking at the Shavei Israel community center located in Churachandpur, Manipur, and Aizawl, Mizoram. (18/4/2024)

Passover is the time to reset oneself

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To mark our brokenness this Passover, let’s scale back the matzah on our seder tables - opinion

We often assume matzah represents suffering, but the original design of the seder didn’t focus on matzah’s taste or shape, but rather symbolic power of wholeness - or brokenness.

 Ultra Orthodox Jews prepare Matza, traditional unleavened bread eaten during the 8-day Jewish holiday of Passover, in Jerusalem on April 9, 2024.

Passover left you with a long, never ending stomach ache? This is why

In the middle of Passover you were eating matzah for several days. If your digestive system was left feeling abnormal, there's a reason.

 Workers prepare matza, traditional unleavened bread eaten during the 8-day Jewish holiday of Passover, in "Yehuda Matzos" Plant in Jerusalem March 29, 2023.

An amended Conservative Jewish Passover policy taps into the booming gluten-free market

Conservative Jews may now buy certified kosher products that have kosher-for-Passover ingredients and are certified gluten-free — even if they aren’t explicitly certified kosher for Passover.

 Boxes of Trader Joe's matzah for sale.

Asteroid the size of 787 matzahs set to pass over Earth on Passover - NASA

Asteroid 2023 FM is a large asteroid that, at a minimum estimate, comes out to 120 meters in diameter. And it's just one of several asteroids to come after Passover Seder.

 An asteroid is seen near Earth in this artistic illustration.

Two Russian drones explode near the matzah bakery in Dnieper, Ukraine

The fire that burned the neighboring factory began to spread and threatened to consume the matzah bakery.

 Parts of the Matzah Bakery in Dnieper

Passover in Jerusalem: Holiday activities for the whole family

Now it’s up to you to choose which activities your family will enjoy. Whatever you do, you’ll be sure to have fun in Jerusalem this Passover!

 KOL HAMARBEH Street Festival.

In the kitchen with Henny: Taste the freedom

We all know Passover can mean a lot of work, but it doesn’t have to be. The recipes I am sharing with you are all five ingredients or less.

 The writer with easy foods to eat on Passover.