matzoh
Flatbread without yeast
Matzoh is unleavened flatbread eaten during Passover, when Jewish tradition prohibits leavened bread to commemorate the Israelites' hasty exodus from Egypt—they left before their bread could rise.
The crisp, cracker-like sheets appear in various dishes: matzoh ball soup, matzoh brei.
Also spelled matzo, matzah, or matza.
Passover ritual meal
- HaggadahPassover liturgical narrative
- afikomenBroken matzah hidden at Seder
- charosetRitual fruit-nut paste
- four cupsSeder wine obligation
exodus · Moses · Pharaoh · plagues · freedom · slavery · Egypt · Israelites
Milled grain powder
- waterClear essential liquid
- flatbreadUnleavened baked dough
- doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
- bakingCooking with dry heat
oven · fermentation · commandment · haste · quick · kneading · plain · simple
Firm and breakable
- crunchyBreaking with sound
- brittleLiable to shatter
- cracklyMaking small sharp sounds
- dryFree from moisture
thin · snap · crumble · toasted · golden · sheet · perforated · ridged
seder
Passover ritual meal
- HaggadahPassover liturgical narrative
- afikomenBroken matzah hidden at Seder
- charosetRitual fruit-nut paste
four cups · exodus · Moses · Pharaoh · plagues · freedom · slavery · Egypt · Israelites · Pesach
flour
Milled grain powder
baking · oven · fermentation · commandment · haste · quick · kneading · plain · simple · pita
crisp
Firm and breakable
dry · thin · snap · crumble · toasted · golden · sheet · perforated · ridged · breaking
kosher
Permissible by Jewish law
Hebrew · mitzvah · Israel · Shabbat · challah · kippah · menorah · mezuzah · Talmud · Yom Kippur
farfel
Granular pasta pellets
- kugelJewish egg noodle casserole
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- lasagnaBaked layered pasta dish
pizza · toffee · granola · coating · breading · crumbs · dumplings · pancakes
- Yiddishchutzpah, kvetch, mensch, schlep, tchotchke
- Biblical Ritualsburnt offerings, altar offering, drink offering, thank offering, temple worship
matzohleavened bread
Loaf expanded by fermentation
challah · brioche · sourdough · yeast bread · pita
- matzah ballBoiled dumpling from unleavened meal
- matzo ballsDumplings from unleavened meal
- matzoh ballsBoiled unleavened dumplings
- matzah ball soupJewish dumpling soup
- matzo ball soupBroth with unleavened dumplings
- matzo mealCrushed flatbread crumbs
matzo, matzah, matzah ball, matzos, matzahs, matzohs, matzot, matzo ball, matzo balls