Just like the Jews who fled Egypt to escape the pharoah's soldiers, students at the David Posnack Hebrew Day School recently made matzoh, unleavened bread, in a rush.
Chabad Lubavitch Rabbis Yossi Gansburg and Adi Goodman brought their portable matzoh bakery to the Plantation and Davie campuses of the school last week.
Gansburg, who grew up in Brooklyn, brings the matzoh-baking experience to thousands of Broward students in the two weeks leading up to Passover, which begins at sundown April 12.
Kids learn how to make staple for the holiday
Rabbis bring their matzoh factory to youngsters at Posnack Hebrew Day School, hoping to pass on the tradition by making it fun.
Just like the Jews who fled Egypt to escape the pharoah’s soldiers, students at the David Posnack Hebrew Day School recently made matzoh, unleavened bread, in a rush.
Chabad Lubavitch Rabbis Yossi Gansburg and Adi Goodman brought their portable matzoh bakery to the Plantation and Davie campuses of the school last week.
Gansburg, who grew up in Brooklyn, brings the matzoh-baking experience to thousands of Broward students in the two weeks leading up to Passover, which begins at sundown April 12.
“I want them to get a feel for yiddishkeit,” said Gansburg, referring to Jewish culture. “We want Judaism to come alive. In Brooklyn, families used to go to the bakeries to help bake the matzoh. We do this at the schools to give the children that experience.”
Under Jewish law, from the time the water hits the flour, there are only 18 minutes to mix the batter, roll it out, poke holes in it and bake it before it becomes chometz, or bread.
Students gathered around tables and dug into the flour, getting a liberal dusting on themselves, to prevent it from rising and rush it into the oven brought by Gansburg, where it baked for 90 seconds.
“This tastes good,” said Adam Rittenberg, 8, of Davie. “It’s better than the stuff we have on Passover.”
“It’s crunchy and hot and much thinner than the matzoh at home,” added Chaya Green, 7, of Hollywood. “And it tastes better.”
Chabad Lubavitch is a branch of Orthodox Judaism affiliated with the Hasidic movement.
The word chabad means wisdom, knowledge and understanding. There are about 45 Chabad temples in Broward. Gansburg is rabbi of the Coconut Creek Chabad, and Goodman is with the Southwest Broward Chabad in Cooper City.
“In about 20 years, when these children have their own families, they’ll remember the holidays should be fun,” Gansburg said.
“Our whole idea is that we make things fun so people carry on the traditions.”
