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Safeds Ziv Medical Center, the Passover festival brought an unexpected interfaith experience. The hospital, like others in Israels north, has been treating Syrian civilians wounded in that countrys four-year civil war.
Hebrew-language media reported Tuesday on one Syrian boy who was severely injured in his legs and was told by Syrian doctors, after 17 operations, that he would never walk again. His mother brought him to the Israeli border, where the IDF picked him up and transported him to Ziv Medical Center. After a complicated operation, the boy now walks with the aid of a walker and doctors say he has a good chance of regaining full use of his legs.
But the boys visit to Israel included one more experience, shared by other Syrians currently recuperating in Israeli hospitals. Since the hospital is observing Jewish dietary laws, it has replaced bread for the duration of the Passover holiday with unleavened bread.
After explaining to him the story behind the festival food, the hospital staff gave the Syrian boy his first sheet of matza. In a sentiment that might surprise many Jews, he reportedly called the cracker-like matza a delicacy.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/wounded-syrians-taste-matza-in-israel/#ixzz3WexkD64D
Matza? The bread of affliction? To wounded Syrian children?
Haven't those kids suffered enough?
cali
(114,904 posts)Typical
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and other kinds of unleavened flat breads made in the ME and India is minimal to non-existent, they're just called by different names, the dough is basically water flour and salt for all of them-for this kid and others mentioned in all truth Matzah was most likely a taste of home and a welcome one at that
Mosby
(16,252 posts)Matzah is not well liked by most Jews, and for those that keep kosher for Passover it's gets old real quick. So it's kind of like punishment to be giving injured kids matzah, especially non-Jewish kids.
Me, I love the stuff and keep it around all year long, it's great topped with tuna, chicken salad, cold cuts, cheese and used as a spoon for chili.
Little Tich
(6,171 posts)The reason I buy matzah is because its a high quality product.