Home News & Views Israel Photo Essay: Passover Preparations in Israel News & ViewsIsraelMediaPhoto of the DayColumnsYishai Fleisher Photo Essay: Passover Preparations in Israel By Yishai Fleisher - 12 Nisan 5772 – April 3, 2012 0 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter tweet Photo Credit: archive Ultra-Orthodox Jewish harvesting wheat with hand sickles in a field of Moshav Komemiut near the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Gat. The wheat will be stored for almost a year before being used to grind flour in order to make the Matzah Shemurah (unleavened bread) for the week-long Passover festival next year. Photo by Flash90 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men dressed up with traditional holiday clothes making matzah by hand, a traditional unleavened bread eaten during the Jewish holiday of Passover, just few hours before the "Seder" starts. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday. The week-long festival commemorates the exodus of the ancient Hebrews from Egypt. Photo by Flash90 Israeli soldiers prepare food packages at a distribution center for needy in Lud on April 03, 2012, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Photo by Flash90 Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) (R),and Head of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky stand with newly arrived Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia as they attend a rehersal of a Passover holiday dinner (known as a "seder"), organized by the Jewish Agency and IFCJ at an immigrant's centre in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem April 02, 2012. Photo by Flash90 Western Wall workers remove thousands of handwritten notes placed between the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site in the Old City of Jerusalem. The operation is carried out twice each year: before the Passover festival and at the Jewish New Year in the fall. Photo by Flash90 Arab dry cleaners prepare Jewish prayer shawls for the holiday in Jerusalem. Photo by Yishai Fleisher Rabbi Avi Elbaz dunks a new Pesach Seder plate in the ritual bath, preparing for use on the holiday. French Hill, Jerusalem. Photo by Yishai Fleisher Yishai Fleisher shows off a Matzah after manning the oven of a Matzah bakery in Beit El, Israel. Advertisement RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Holidays Benjamin Netanyahu on Passover Eve: ‘We Will Overcome Those Who Seek Our Lives – Thanks to the Faith of Our People’ Holidays Ari Fuld on the Holidays | Passover: Freedom vs. Responsibility – 5778 (2018) Video of the Day Latma’s Stayin’ Alive (CNN Version) Headlines Israel At War: Iron Swords IDF Hits Hezbollah Hard in Response to Damaging Attacks on Northern Israel Israel At War: Iron Swords IDF Prepares to Evacuate Gaza Civilians, Invade Rafah Latest News Stories Antisemitism Netanyahu Condemns US Campus Antisemitism and Failed US Responses Antisemitism Jewish Woman Reports Rape, Assault to ‘Avenge Palestine’ Israel At War: Iron Swords Biden Signs Bill with Aid for Israel and Gaza Israel At War: Iron Swords IDF Hits Hezbollah Hard in Response to Damaging Attacks on Northern Israel Israel At War: Iron Swords IDF Prepares to Evacuate Gaza Civilians, Invade Rafah Israel At War: Iron Swords Palestinian Authority’s ‘Al Fatah’ Terror Brigade Announces Return to Suicide Bombings News Briefs News Briefs Senate Passes Foreign Aid Package Including Funding for Israel and Gaza News Briefs Israel Destroys Loaded Rocket Launchers in Gaza Humanitarian Zone Recommended Today Holidays Ari Fuld on the Holidays | Passover: Freedom vs. Responsibility – 5778 (2018) US The Claims Against Netzah Yehuda IDF & Security Israeli Rampage Supersonic Missiles Destroyed Isfahan Base Air Defense In Print Pesach 5784 Sponsored Posts Unlock Your Future with a Degree from Bar Ilan University Sponsored Posts Tova Point Fasting and Feasting on Zayin Adar Sponsored Posts Sponsored Post