Passover Challenge 3: The Matzah
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2025 10:01 am
The most famous symbolic food of Passover is the Matzah, which is unleavened bread. The story is that when the slaves were freed they had to leave so quickly that they didn't have time for the bread to rise. During the entire holiday of Passover, it is traditional to eat only unleavened bread (matzah) and not eat any regular bread. Although the Seder only occurs on the first and possibly second night, the holiday of Passover lasts a whole week. During the middle days, people continue with their regular life except for the only eat unleavened foods.
Families who "keep a kosher home" will deep clean the kitchen and change out all of their pots and dishes for Passover to insure that there is not a bit of leavened bread anywhere. We do this in my home, but most American Jews do not do this anymore.
For this challenge, we will be using the technique of making matzah to create a card, layout or other creation. Remember, they had to leave so quickly that they didn't have time for the bread to rise. So, your creation must be made quickly and completely flat.
There are 2 rules:
1. Your paper creation must be completely flat, no texture paste, no thickers, no 3D embellishments, no raised adhesive etc. Not even an enamel dot. You may layer papers, flat stickers, and photos as long as everything is flat.
2. You must make your creation quickly in one sitting. Set a timer and finish in 45 minutes.
Rules:
1. Create a new layout or card that is completely flat and completed quickly, in under 45 minutes.
2. You may combine with one other challenge that allows combining plus any monthly, team, or cumulative challenges (the normal rules). You may not combine with another Passover challenge.
3. One entry per person
4. Due April 30th at midnight.
5. One entry randomly chosen will win a $5 ACOT gift card from me.
Families who "keep a kosher home" will deep clean the kitchen and change out all of their pots and dishes for Passover to insure that there is not a bit of leavened bread anywhere. We do this in my home, but most American Jews do not do this anymore.
For this challenge, we will be using the technique of making matzah to create a card, layout or other creation. Remember, they had to leave so quickly that they didn't have time for the bread to rise. So, your creation must be made quickly and completely flat.
There are 2 rules:
1. Your paper creation must be completely flat, no texture paste, no thickers, no 3D embellishments, no raised adhesive etc. Not even an enamel dot. You may layer papers, flat stickers, and photos as long as everything is flat.
2. You must make your creation quickly in one sitting. Set a timer and finish in 45 minutes.
Rules:
1. Create a new layout or card that is completely flat and completed quickly, in under 45 minutes.
2. You may combine with one other challenge that allows combining plus any monthly, team, or cumulative challenges (the normal rules). You may not combine with another Passover challenge.
3. One entry per person
4. Due April 30th at midnight.
5. One entry randomly chosen will win a $5 ACOT gift card from me.
