Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. Jewish men dip dishes and eating utensils into boiling water for purification before Passover. An important ritual is the removal of hametz, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. An elderly woman reads a Hebrew newspaper.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. Jewish men dip dishes and eating utensils into boiling water for purification before Passover. An important ritual is the removal of hametz, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. Jewish men dip dishes and eating utensils into boiling water for purification before Passover. An important ritual is the removal of hametz, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover Preparations 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 30th March, 2018. Jews burn any remainders of hametz left in their homes, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products, before Passover. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. Jewish men dip dishes and eating utensils into boiling water for purification before Passover. An important ritual is the removal of hametz, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. Handwritten English graffiti reads “torah is light” in the Nachlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. Jewish men dip dishes and eating utensils into boiling water for purification before Passover. An important ritual is the removal of hametz, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover Preparations 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 30th March, 2018. Jews burn any remainders of hametz left in their homes, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products, before Passover. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover Preparations 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 30th March, 2018. Jews burn any remainders of hametz left in their homes, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products, before Passover. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. A young orthodox Jewish boy rides a hoverboard in a section of the Nachlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem below a sign forbidding women's entrance unless dressed modestly.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. Jewish men dip dishes and eating utensils into boiling water for purification before Passover. An important ritual is the removal of hametz, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. Jewish men dip dishes and eating utensils into boiling water for purification before Passover. An important ritual is the removal of hametz, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover Preparations 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 30th March, 2018. Jews burn any remainders of hametz left in their homes, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products, before Passover. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. A woman enters an alleyway in a section of the Nachlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem besides a sign forbidding women's entrance unless dressed modestly.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. A dead dove lies on the sidewalk in the Nachlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Passover 2018 Preparations in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 28th March, 2018. An ultra Orthodox Jewish man walks past mannequins displaying women's head dressing.

Passover Preparations 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 30th March, 2018. Jews burn any remainders of hametz left in their homes, any food product that contains leavened wheat, oat, barley, rye, or spelt products, before Passover. The act is symbolic of the biblical exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom, in which not having had time to wait for dough to rise before leaving Egypt, they journeyed into the desert with unleavened bread.