(1) For where there is Passover, there is matzo , a dry, cracker-like, bread replacement that we are forced to eat.(2) He offered me Passover matzo in the back seat of his van in New Hampshire.(3) it crumbled like a piece of stale matzo(4) Walk past and check out the matzo coming off the conveyor belt, and the old Jewish men packaging it up.(5) Unleavened bread or matzo is eaten to remember the Exodus when the Israelites fled Egypt with their dough to which they had not yet added yeast.(6) There are some mitzvos that can be fulfilled by meeting minimum standards, such as eating a small portion of matzah at the Seder.(7) We lit candles and exchanged gifts for Chanukah, drove to High Holiday services at the temple, and had wine and matzah for Passover.(8) For the few days of Passover, chametz and matzah are antithetical.(9) ‘Then it is set then,’ she said, ‘after the war you must make us matzos for Passover and we will all eat them together.’(10) The rule is once Passover matzos are baked, they are acceptable, even if they get mixed with other allowed ingredients and rise during rebaking.(11) Passover can take us far beyond matzah , wine, and family warmth.(12) For example, one need not spend more than this amount for a tallit or tefillin, a sukkah or etrog for Sukkot, or matzah for Passover.(13) While many of them do involve both body and soul - eating matzah , wearing tefillin, blowing a shofar, etc. - in the case of mitzvot it is the needs of the soul that provide the impetus for engaging in the activity.(14) On Passover, we didn't have any matzah or wine, of course.(15) The matzah also stands in contrast to chametz (the expansive yeast in bread which makes it rise) which symbolizes false pride, absorption in our individual egos, and grandiosity.(16) Most of the 613 mitzvot in the Torah require the performance of a certain action - like giving charity, or eating matzah on Passover.
