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 Video of the Day Latma’s Stayin’ Alive (CNN Version) UN Israeli Minister Calls on UN Envoy to Deliver Matzah to Hostages in Gaza Video of the Day You’ve Reached the Pesach Command Center Headlines Iran Reports: Israel Attacked Military Base in Isfahan, Iran Israel At War: Iron Swords UK Joins US to Impose Sanctions on Iran Latest News Stories Saudi Arabia US Renews Effort to Forge Israeli-Saudi Peace Deal in Exchange for ‘Palestinian’ State Business and Economy S&P Demotes Israel’s Rating from A-Plus to AA-Minus Citing Prolonged War, Iranian Attack NY Yoseph Haddad Attacked by Hamas Supporters at NY Protest UN US Vetoes Security Council Move to Admit ‘Palestine’ into the UN Iran Reports: Israel Attacked Military Base in Isfahan, Iran Antisemitism Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Suspended from Barnard for Anti-Israel Protest News Briefs News Briefs FBI ‘Particularly Concerned’ About ‘Lone Actors’ on Passover News Briefs Confused Biden to Israel: ‘Don’t Move on Haifa’! Recommended Today Saudi Arabia US Renews Effort to Forge Israeli-Saudi Peace Deal in Exchange for ‘Palestinian’ State Business and Economy S&P Demotes Israel’s Rating from A-Plus to AA-Minus Citing Prolonged War, Iranian Attack UN US Vetoes Security Council Move to Admit ‘Palestine’ into the UN Frum Faces Of Aliyah Frum Faces Of Aliyah: The Samters – From North Woodmere to Modiin 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