Almost 20 years after the collapse of Communism, numerous bakeries have sprung up all across the former Soviet Union, where Jewish communities collectively hand bake the traditional unleavened Passover bread known as matzah.
Beginning weeks before the holiday, the bakery in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, shipped its products to locations all over the globe, while children in cities near and far learned firsthand just how complicated it is to make the special food.
Mirroring projects around the world, the students of the Ohr Avner Chabad day school in the city of Vinnitza, Ukraine, had a matzah-baking demonstration in the days leading up to Passover.

A baker puts hand-rolled matzahs in the oven at a bakery in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
A baker puts hand-rolled matzahs in the oven at a bakery in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Trays of the real kosher-for-Passover matzah awaiting boxing and shipping at the bakery in Dnepropetrovsk.
Students at the Ohr Avner Chabad day school in Vinnitza, Ukraine, learn that according to Jewish law, matzah must be baked within 18 minutes after the flour comes into contact with water.

Students at the Ohr Avner Chabad day school in Vinnitza, Ukraine, learn that according to Jewish law, matzah must be baked within 18 minutes after the flour comes into contact with water.
The students proudly show off their baking pins.

The students proudly show off their baking pins.
Days before Passover, the students roll out their own matzah in a model bakery at the Ohr Avner Chabad school in Vinnitza. Although the portable demonstration’s final product is not kosher-for-Passover, Chabad-Lubavitch centers throughout the world use similar projects to teach Jewish children about the holiday.

Days before Passover, the students roll out their own matzah in a model bakery at the Ohr Avner Chabad school in Vinnitza. Although the portable demonstration’s final product is not kosher-for-Passover, Chabad-Lubavitch centers throughout the world use similar projects to teach Jewish children about the holiday.
Students poke holes in their matzah dough, a necessary step to ensure proper baking.

Students poke holes in their matzah dough, a necessary step to ensure proper baking.
The students proudly show off their matzahs.

The students proudly show off their matzahs.
Trays of the real kosher-for-Passover matzah awaiting boxing and shipping at the bakery in Dnepropetrovsk.
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