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matzah

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[maht-suh, mah-tsah, mah-tsaw] / ˈmɑt sə, mɑˈtsɑ, ˈmɑ tsɔ /

noun

matzahs, plural matzoth, plural matzot, plural matzos plural
  1. a variant of matzo.


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The most important reward in the mind of his mother is that the winner gets to appear on a limited-edition cover of its matzah box.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

Most breads, pastas, cakes and cookies are off-limits, but matzo — or matzah as some translate the Hebrew word — is OK.

From Seattle Times Apr. 20, 2024

There is only one thing on the menu that I wouldn't order: the duck matzah ball soup.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2022

The walls of the centre are covered in smiling photos of family gatherings and a box of matzah stapled to a display of a shabbat meal.

From BBC May 8, 2022

The table was piled high with food: matzah, roast beef, hard- boiled eggs, goblets of deep red wine.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

Why is this matzah different from all other matzahs?

From Washington Times Apr. 12, 2022

He said the group would also make special efforts to distribute shmura matzahs to those Ukrainian Jews who were unable to flee the fighting.

From Washington Times Apr. 12, 2022

Equally poignant, he noted, is that April 12 was the 120th birth anniversary of the Rebbe, sparking the Lubavitcher movement to ramp up distribution of the shmura matzahs.

From Washington Times Apr. 12, 2022

Alongside the plate are three matzos — or unleavened flatbread — that symbolize Jewish resistance and faith.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2023

If you don’t prefer gluten-free matzos, substitute a traditional matzo mix, she also notes.

From Fox News Nov. 30, 2021

This Sunday and next also offer the museum’s Matzo Factory, at 1, 1:45 and 2:30 p.m., in which children can thresh and grind wheat and bake their own matzos to take home for Passover.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2016

About 2.5 million pounds of matzos were baked for April’s Passover holiday and distributed worldwide.

From Washington Times Mar. 30, 2015

Each family is forced to bake its own matzos, as none can be bought from abroad.

From Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago by Trager, Hannah

In one story, it is 1959 and Mr. Lois is a young ad man with the Goodman’s matzot account.

From Washington Post Nov. 21, 2022

Soviet diplomats, by now well-accustomed to confrontations with Jewish organizations over the treatment of Soviet Jews, quickly devised a counterploy: they refused to accept delivery and dumped the matzoth into the laps of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally, with ten tons of matzoth spilling over five postal substations, officials called the Sanitary Engineering department and requested that it cart the matzoth off and burn them.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in many of these places, one does not live by matzoth, pita or tortillas alone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soviet embassy officials in Washington found in their mail a number of boxes of matzoth, the traditional unleavened wafers used to celebrate the Jewish holiday.

From Time Magazine Archive

Add one-eighth teaspoon of salt to two eggs, beat slightly, stir in two tablespoons of matzoth meal.

From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler

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