r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Oct 23 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/Cornexclamationpoint Ashkenazi Oct 24 '24

I'd probably say Purim or Hanukkah.  Passover has some of the best symbolism, but matzo for a week knocks it down a few pegs.

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u/NeitherFollowing4305 Non-Jewish Ally (Christian) Oct 26 '24

Im not familiar with the term "Matzo". What does it mean?

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u/sudo_apt-get_intrnet LGBTQ Jew Oct 27 '24

During Passover we aren't supposed to eat any leavened bread. Instead we eat "matzo"/"matzah", which is a special kind of unleavened cracker-like flatbread. Think a plate-sized, less soft saltine.

If you've heard of "matzah ball soup" its a chicken stock soup made with a ball of matzah that's crushed, mixed with water & eggs into a paste, and then that paste is reshaped into a ball before being placed into the soup.

Honestly a lot of the Matzah-based Passover cuisine isn't that bad, but try only eating saltine-based bread products for a week and you'd probably get tired of it too.

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u/NeitherFollowing4305 Non-Jewish Ally (Christian) Oct 27 '24

Thank you for explaining that to me. I can only imagine how boring eating only select foods for a week can be as someone who gets a different craving for something different every day.