{"id":27985,"date":"2010-03-17T15:47:36","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/passover\/photo_essay_visit_to_the_matzah_bakery\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:57:13","slug":"photo_essay_visit_to_the_matzah_bakery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/photo_essay_visit_to_the_matzah_bakery\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO ESSAY: Visit to the Matzah Bakery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Matzah-and-Scale-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Matzah-and-Scale-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Matzah-and-Scale-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Matzah-and-Scale.jpg 900w\" alt=\"Matzah and Scale\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>The hand matzah you&#8217;ll eat the nights of the seder could have come from any one of a number of bakeries, but if it came from the Charedim Matzah Bakery in Boro Park, then take a look at the exact story of its creation. The photo essay Visit to the Matzah Bakery shows you the sequence of steps that go into making this $20\/lb Passover delicacy.<\/p>\n<p>Photographer and filmmaker Judah S. Harris visited the Charedim factory where the air is filled with the smells of baked matzah, even burnt matzah, and a quick pace of activity and chores mingles with the sounds of a number of languages: English, Yiddish, Hebrew, and Russian.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.judahsharris.com\/matzah-bakery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judahsharris.com\/matzah-bakery\/\">Click here to view the photo essay<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Judah S. Harris is a photographer, filmmaker, speaker, and writer. His work has appeared in museum exhibits, on the Op-Ed Pages of the NY Times, on the covers of more than 40 novels, and in advertising all over the world. 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