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Ultra-Orthodox Jews burn bread on street fires on Passover Eve in Jerusalem | AP News

Ultra-Orthodox Jews burn bread on street fires on Passover Eve in Jerusalem | AP News

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem’s religious Mea Shearim neighbourhood burned leavened bread, known as hametz, on Passover eve, Monday. During Passover only unleavened bread known as Matzo can be eaten, according to tradition. (AP video: Alon Bernstein)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem’s religious Mea Shearim neighbourhood burned leavened bread, known as hametz, on Passover eve, Monday. During Passover only unleavened bread known as Matzo can be eaten, according to tradition. (AP video: Alon Bernstein)