Dear Friends of Gefen and Tamar,
On Monday students in grades K through 4 went to the Chabad Center of Natick to make motzah. It was an awesome trip. First students watched a short (15 minute) film about how matzoh is made. Then they went through the process of making flour, adding water to turn it into dough, flattening it and puncturing it with a fork to make the small holes we commonly see in matzoh. In order for the matzoh to be kosher for Passover, the time from when water is added to the flour until the time when the matzoh comes out of the oven must be less than or equal to 18 minutes. We timed ourselves and made it!
While the matzoh was cooking, students made sand art, which was appropriate because when Jews travelled in the desert, there was (of course) a lot of sand on the ground.
When the matzoh was ready we ate it with grape juice. The whole experience was really cool. Ask your child to tell you more about the experience.
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| Hadass gathers grain |
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| Grinding wheat grain |
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| Grinding the wheat with a grinder |
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| A few of the bakers... |
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| Wheat + water = flour |
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| group shot! |
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| Sand art |
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| MWJDS kids learn how to make matzoh |
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| MWJDS kids watch a movie about how matzoh is made |
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| Bakers say "cheese" |
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| Elliana gets water from the "well" to mix with flour for the matzoh dough |
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| Nir manages the "water store" |
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| Yummy homemade matzoh |
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| Tadaaaaah! |
Hamorah Eliza
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