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 IDF & Security Biden Admin Confirms: IDF Using US Arms Lawfully, Not Blocking Gaza Aid America's Top Rebbetzins Rebbetzin Bracha Leeds–Be an Influencer! News Briefs Israel Has a Population of Almost 5 Million Women with an 85-Year Life Expectancy Headlines Settlements Biden Cries Uncle as Smotrich Wins War against Sanctions on Settlers IDF & Security Joint Chiefs Chairman: US Won’t Give Israel All the Weapons It Needs Latest News Stories IDF & Security Draft of Haredim Gains Momentum Within Community Settlements Biden Cries Uncle as Smotrich Wins War against Sanctions on Settlers Elections Biden Buries Ban on Transgender Girls Competing Against Female Athletes until November 5 IDF & Security Joint Chiefs Chairman: US Won’t Give Israel All the Weapons It Needs Palestinian Authority Increased Terrorist Attacks by US Trained PA Security Officers as Biden Dreams of Reforming Ramallah Syria At Least 36 Syrian Soldiers, 5 Hezbollah Terrorists Killed in Israeli Attack near Aleppo International Airport News Briefs News Briefs Israel and Cyprus Move Forward on Underwater Electric Cable Plan News Briefs Gallup: Most Americans Oppose Israeli Actions Against Hamas Recommended Today Elections Biden Buries Ban on Transgender Girls Competing Against Female Athletes until November 5 Boycott / BDS Canadian Weapons Makers Push Back Against Boycott on Israel Photo of the Day Haredi Battalion Rushed to Gaza during Basic Training Finally Graduated Jewish Neo-Nazi Who Inspired Edward Norton’s Character in ‘American History X’ Became an Orthodox Jew Sponsored Posts Fasting and Feasting on Zayin Adar Sponsored Posts Sponsored Post Luxury Living in Israel Like Never Before Sponsored Posts Rob Ernst