Matza

Beyond the headlines: Implications of a Matzah shortage - opinion

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Matzah

Passover 2026: This is the healthy spread for matzah – and what to avoid

A MAN wraps fresh matza during Passover in Ashdod in 2016

Passover Seder night: The deeper meaning of matzah and the urgency of the Exodus

Matzah is not really "fattening" as people think

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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


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.

A fifth question this Passover: What makes Trader Joe’s matzah different from all other matzah?

Now, for the first time ever, Trader Joe’s will be selling matzah under its own famous private label.

 Boxes of Trader Joe's matzah for sale.