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matzah|ˈmætsə|
Also matso |ˈmætsəʊ|, -za, -zho, -zo, -zot, -zoth, mazzot, -oth, motso, -za, mozza. Pl. matzoth, -os.
[Yiddish matse, f. Heb. maṣṣāh.]
(A wafer of) unleavened bread, eaten by orthodox Jews during the Passover.
1846Jewish Manual, or Pract. Information Jewish & Mod. Cookery p. xiv, Matso, Passover cakes. 1871E. Levy Jewish Cookery Bk. 32 Soak two matzos, or crackers, in cold water. 1891M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. ii. 380 The head of the family..who reads the [Passover] Service has before him on the table..three unleavened cakes (matsoth). 1893I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto (ed. 3) xxii. 202 Now is the national salutation changed to ‘How do the Motsos agree with you?’ 1904Jewish Encycl. VIII. 393/1 The eating of maẓẓot during the seven days of the Passover festival is intended to recall the hurried departure from Egypt. 1922Joyce Ulysses 79 Something like those mazzoth: it's that sort of bread: unleavened shew⁓bread. 1927Daily Express 16 Apr. 9 The command concerning unleavened bread, known as ‘Matzos’, will be observed. 1950G. Mikes Milk & Honey 152 On the feast day..matzot is eaten instead of bread. 1952S. Spender Learning Laughter xi. 159 This night we eat matza and no leavened bread. 1963Ann. Reg. 1962 374 In March the Soviet Government banned the making of matzot (unleavened bread) required for Passover observances. 1965M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate ii. 33 The unleavened bread, crisp matzho that made crumbs everywhere, was uncovered. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish iii. 323 Even the Air Force..has a pretty good idea of what matzo is, for a New Jersey woman reported an Unidentified Flying Object as looking like a big matzo. 1973Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 23/2 This particular hechsher only applies to matzot manufactured in Britain.
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1846Jewish Manual, or Pract. Information Jewish & Mod. Cookery i. 9 Matso soup... Take half a pound of matso flour. 1906Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. lv. 1574 Take up a little of the motza paste..roll lightly in the motza meal. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) 433 Matzo (or matzoth) baker..expeditiously removes circular matzo bread i.e. Jewish passover bread. 1953W. P. McGivern Big Heat ix. 111 He liked Jewish food..mozza ball soup. 1970S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 208 The exhibit you see here..was first believed by the coroner to be a fossilized matzo ball. 1971M. McCarthy Birds of America 36 She should be making gefüllte fish and matzoth balls. 1973Times 3 Feb. 13/5 You can try the kneidlach soup (with matzo-meal dumplings).
Add:2. b. Special Combs. matzah ball, a small dumpling made of seasoned matzah meal bound together with egg and chicken fat, typically served in chicken soup; cf. knaidel n.
[1846‘A. Lady’ Jewish Man. i. 9 Matso soup... Ten minutes before serving, throw in the balls, from which the soup takes its name.] 1950G. Ace Let. in Groucho Lett. (1967) 103 Would Lupowitz and Moskowitz serve black *matzo balls? 1986L. Colwin My Mistress in Another Marvelous Thing (1987) 47 Billy wolfed down her pastrami sandwich and was watching Francis, a slow eater, slowly finish his matzoh ball soup.
matzah brie or brei |braɪ| [Ger. Brei porridge, pulp], pieces of matzah soaked in seasoned egg and water and fried.
1949L. W. Leonard Jewish Cookery vi. 45 *Matzo Brie or Fried Matzo. 1969P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 80 Here is the message I take in each Passover with my mother's matzoh brei. Ibid 82 His superior Jewish brain might as well be made of matzoh brei! 1993Jewish Exponent 9 Apr. 18x/b I'm looking forward to maybe having some matza brie backstage. |