Matzah, matzo, or maẓẓah is an unleavened flatbread that is part of Jewish cuisine and forms an integral element of the Passover festival, during which chametz is forbidden.
Machine-made matzot from Jerusalem
Matzah plate with an inscription of the blessing over the matzah
Handmade Shemurah Matzah
Matzah Shemurah worked with machine for Passover
Unleavened bread is any of a wide variety of breads which are prepared without using rising agents such as yeast or sodium bicarbonate. The preparation of bread-like non-leavened cooked grain foods appeared in prehistoric times.
Jewish matza eaten on Passover
Host and communion wafers made of azymes for celebrating the Eucharist in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and other Western Christians (Eastern Christians such as the Eastern Orthodox use leavened bread)