Flour and water. Elastic and Cotton.  Simple ingredients, common materials. What makes them special is the occasion and the urgency.When matzah is needed for Passover, then mixing flour and water and baking it properly within eighteen minutes from the time the flour becomes a holy action, irreplaceable by the fanciest breads or cakes.

 When simple masks are needed to protect and even save lives then people who can sew suddenly are called to make them. Stitching fabric and elastic together becomes a holy act.

Responding to the call transforms what is simple and easy to find into what is precious and holy.


haggadah Section: Motzi-Matzah
Source: Rabbi Michael Bernstein