Making Matzo in a Chametz-Free Zone
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Bread of Affliction: No more than 18 minutes can pass from the time water and flour are mixed to the matzos get baked. Image by getty images
From the Kalish archives: In a story that originally aired on WNYC, Jon Kalish takes us inside a Shmura matzo bakery in Boro Park, Brooklyn.
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