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Crown Heights Matzoh Bakery Through the Eyes of an AP photographer

Naftoli Gottlieb, right, checks the freshly baked shmurah matzoh while the baker keeps an eye on the next batch in the oven as they prepare them for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover at the Shmurah Matzoh Bakery in the Crown Heights section in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday April 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)



Chana Drizin, 10, seated left, and her cousin Batya Drizin, 9, right, sit atop a pile of wood used to fuel the oven baking matzoh for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover at the Shmurah Matzoh Bakery in the Crown Heights section in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, April 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Israel Achildeyv, right, places unbaked matzoh on a wooden rod as the unleavend bread is readied for the oven at the Shmurah Matzoh Bakery in the Crown Heights section in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, April 7, 2006. The matzoh was being made for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover which begins Wednesday April 12 at sundown. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Sarah Schneerson, 6, right, hands rolling pins just used to roll the matzoh dough to Mendy Laufer, 11, left, as he runs them through a sander in the sanding room at the Shmurah Matzoh Bakery in the Crown Heights section in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, April 7, 2006. The children were helping out at the bakery where matzoh was being made for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover which begins Wednesday April 12 at sundown. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Naftoli Gottlieb inspects freshly baked shmurah matzoh at the Shmurah Matzoh Bakery in the Crown Heights section in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, April 7, 2006. The matzoh was being made for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover which begins Wednesday at sundown. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Naftoli Gottlieb, right, checks the freshly baked shmurah matzoh while the baker puts a new batch in the oven as they prepare them for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover at the Shmurah Matzoh Bakery in the Crown Heights section in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, April 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

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7 Comments

  • thanks

    thanks for the insight, some of us forget from year to year what work and detail goes into it!

  • MatzoMaven

    who asked if the matzos are hard this year??? hello? I mean no they are soft and have a sugar coating this year. hello, its Pesach maybe you want to bring your 35 way motorized recliner to the seder too?

  • ?????

    matzo maven: do u gat ur matzos from a machine? all the matzos this yr. were hard!!!!!!!

  • Matzah Man

    This year the matzah was harder than any year I can remember. It was so thick!! It kept them whole but made it very hard to eat. I really wish those ladies would make them thinner.