Family Focus
CELEBRATING PASSOVER
Making Matzah
Hands-on
demonstration teaches
youngsters the
time-honored method.
T
he Barbara and Douglas Bloom Matzah
Factory at the Jewish Community Center
in West Bloomfield is one sure sign that
Passover is coming.
.
Several weekends before the holiday families as
well as children from local synagogues gather to
learn the exacting science of making matzah that's
kosher for Passover. This hands-on experience goes
from measuring out the flour and water, mixing it
well, rolling it out and getting it into the big oven
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March 25 • 2010
Above: A busy group
of children keeps the
18-minute process
going by rolling dough.
Left: Madi, 10, Jacob,
8, and Natalie Banooni,
6, of West Bloomfield
talk with Rabbi Schneur
Silberberg of the Sara
& Morris Tugman Bais
Chabad Torah Center of
West Bloomfield about
the finished matzah.