Word of the Day:
matzo
What It Means
Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
A piece of the above bread.
Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.
Matzo in Context
“[W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.”
Did You Know?
When stressed on the first syllable, from Yiddish מצה (matse), from Hebrew מַצָּה (matsá); pronunciations stressed on the second syllable are borrowed directly from Hebrew.
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