Rabbi Dovid Edelman handed out shmurah matzah in a good chunk of Massachusetts for six decades, a tradition now being carried on by his children, grandchildren and other Springfield-area rabbis. From left: granddaughter Bracha Kosofsky, son-in-law Rabbi Noach Kosofsky, grandson Rabbi Lavy Kosofsky and daughter Esther Kosofsky at their home in Longmeadow, Mass. (Photo: Pearl Gabel)
Following a Rabbi’s Legendary Matzah Trail Through Western Massachusetts
It’s a week-and-a-half into their annual pre-Passover matzah distribution, and there are still hundreds of more Jewish people to visit on their list. The father-and-son team, along with two more rabbis at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy in Longmeadow—a leafy suburb of Springfield—are continuing a Passover tradition that started more than six decades ago.
