Jewish centers around the world took a hands-on approach to prepping people
for Passover, offering children and adults alike the chance to get down and
dirty with flour and water and learn how to make the special unleavened bread
known as matzah.
The model matzah bakery, as such programs are known, is a powerful way for
people to connect with the holiday it begins this year on March 29 says
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shmuel Posner, a veteran whom Boston locals occasionally
stop in the supermarket, referring to him as the matzah guy. What makes the
experience so unique, he explains, is that through it, participants become a
part of Passover.
Everything that kids know about Judaism is disconnected from them, says
Posner, director at a Boston Chabad House. Kids come to synagogue and they see
a Torah scroll, but theyve never picked up a quill and written on the
parchment.
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