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Matzah-making machine

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A 19th-century invention that kneads the dough and shapes round, perforated matzot.

Video

The process of matzah making in Lakewood, New Jersey.

Translations

  • Hebrewמכונה לאפית מצות
  • GermanMaschine zur Zubereitung von Mazzot
  • RussianМашина для выпечки мацы
  • FrenchMachine à fabriquer la matsa
  • DutchMatze machine
  • ItalianMacchina per produrre la matzah
  • CzechStroj na výrobu macesů
  • HungarianMaceszkészítő gép
  • SpanishMáquina de preparar matzá
  • GreekΜηχάνημα για την παραγώγη των ματσότ
  • PolishMaszyna do produkcji macy
  • Arabicأداة صنع خبز الفطير
  • Yiddishמאַשין פֿאר מצה־בעקעריי
  • LadinoMakina para azer la masa de matsa

Bibliography

Taub, Moshe. “The Machine-Matzah Controversy: A History: Rabbis, Matzo and Invention.” BVK Kosher Certification, Vaad Hakashrus of Buffalo Inc.

Zivotofsky, Ari Z., and Ari Greenspan. “The Thick and Thin of the History of Matzah.” Hakirah: The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought, vol. 17, 2014, pp. 105-27.

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