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MATZOT [1 record]

Record 1 2011-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Judaism
  • Breadmaking
  • Food Industries
CONT

Unleavened bread, "Matzah" symbolizes flat bread that had no time to rise at the time of the Exodus. It is eaten during Passover.

CONT

Unleavened bread (matzah) is a reminder of the time when the slaves left Egypt in such haste that their bread dough could not rise (Exod. 12:39).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Judaïsme
  • Boulangerie
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

"Le pain sans levain" symbolise la pâte non préparée que les Israélites ont emportée. On le mange pendant la semaine de Pessach.

CONT

Le pain est remplacé par les azymes (matsot), en souvenir de la précipitation de la sortie d'Égypte, qui ne laissa pas à la pâte emportée par les Hébreux le temps de lever.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Judaísmo
  • Panificación
  • Industria alimentaria
DEF

Pan ázimo (plano) tradicional de la comida judía, elaborado con harina y agua.

OBS

Esta es la comida "oficial" del Pésaj (Pascua judía).

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