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| Arrogant Bread
Jews are strictly forbidden to eat any leavened foods on Passover. Bread is replaced by Matzah – flat baked wafers made only of flour and water. Jews all over the world, take scrupulous care to avoid eating even the smallest particle of Chametz. | |
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| The Spirituality of Dough
If we are in Egypt, we now look to G-d for His assistance to release us. For one who is bound cannot release himself. (If he could it would make a marvelously entertaining act.) | |
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| Matzah After Midnight
By Yanki Tauber
First you had faith. Then you grew up. Then you discovered truths you always knew you knew but which your knowledge obscured. That's why we have pre-midnight matzah and post midnight matzah | |
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| Freedom in a Cracker
By Yaakov Paley
It contains no oil or honey, nuts or fruit, not even a coating of egg and poppy seeds... How did this "bread of poverty" wrangle center stage in the festival celebrating our acquisition of the greatest of wealths--our freedom? | |
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| What's the Rush?
By Aron Moss
So they happened to eat matzah because they were in a rush. So what? I thought that Passover is about freedom, not food! | |
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| Bread of Faith
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Matzah hurriedly chewed on an empty stomach is virtually tasteless; but at the meal's end, especially after a glass or two of wine, it is a feast for the senses... | |
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| Chametz: What Would Your Psychologist Say?
By Naftali Silberberg
Why the big fuss? Torah prohibits many items at various times, but-- thankfully!--we are not obligated to embark on an all-out assault against every
banned item. | |
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| A Speck of Flour
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
If chametz is so intolerable, why do we eat it all year round? And what is the significance of the unexpected appearance of "wet matzah" on the eigth day of Passover? | |
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