Then comes the first of those questions: “On other nights we eat leavened or unleavened bread, but only unleavened tonight — why?” You might also wonder why some Jewish people adopt an ...

White, black, leavened, unleavened, baked, industrial, fresh, long-life, bread has kept us company yesterday as it does today. Retracing its history, especially that most distant from us ...

place leavened bread products in a fire Friday, April 11, 2025, at Congregation Brith Shalom in Bethlehem to prepare for Passover, during which Jews eat only unleavened food, such as matzoh.

The “matzoth,” are typical of the unleavened bread which was carried by the ancient ... the bread which they had prepared had not time to leaven before they took up the journey for the wilderness.

The accidental discovery of wild yeast fermentation eventually led to the development of sourdough, marking a significant advancement from unleavened to leavened bread. This method remained the ...

While observing the holiday, most Jews refrain from eating leaven, in bread or any other part of their food, and they eat unleavened bread, or matzo. The Torah’s Book of Exodus tells the story o ...