Preparations for Passover 2022 (9 images)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people pray and burn leaven products before Passover, in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, on Friday, April 15, 2022. Leavened bread is not eaten over the course of the 8-day holiday and is replaced with matzo and products made with matzo meal. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI

The food of Passover is deeply symbolic. Leavened bread is not eaten by those who celebrate the holiday because when the Jewish people wanted to bake bread before fleeing Egypt, there was no time for the bread to rise, therefore unleavened bread is eaten. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people watch the burning of leavened products. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI

Passover is the eight-day holiday that commemorates the Israelite's exodus from Egypt 3,500 years ago. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI