The Jewish traditional food item Matzo
shot to fame with the culinary touch of Manischewitz. This comes from the Nation’s
largest manufacturer of processed Kosher food products. In honor of the opening of its new headquarters, in
Newark, Manischewitz daringly baked a
giant matzo which measured 25 feet 1 inch (7 1/2 meters) long and 41.5 inches
(a little over a meter) wide and weighed about 25 pounds (11 kilograms) and
equals that of 336 regular matzos .
This tuned out to be a complete Jewish Day out.
Israel's
chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, blessed the plant and the town's
mayor, Cory A. Booker, joined the event.
The matzo, which was baked in a 200-foot-long oven, was divided up after
the ceremony for everyone to sample. The Matzo was baked in a 200ft long oven
and was divided after the ceremony for everyone to have a sample of it. The company said the move emphasizes its commitment to
keeping its matzo and other kosher foods “Made in New Jersey.” All of the
company’s matzo and Tam crackers, as well as soups, gefilte fish, macaroons and
other products, are made at the Newark factory the company began using in 2008.
The
corporate headquarters and factory are located on Avenue K in an industrial
section of the city.
Bensabat the
Chief executive of the company said establishing a manufacturing facility and
corporate headquarters in Newark are part of a plan to rejuvenate the company
that was founded in 1888 in Cincinnati by Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz. Bensabat,
who with co-CEO Alain Bankier, and investors, took over operations of
Manischewitz in 2008, said the new owners have been working to revitalize the
brand. Manischewitz revolutionized matzo-making in America, said Jonathan
Sarna, professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and chief
historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History.
The Largest Matzo measured 25 ft,1 inch in length and 41.5
inch in width, weighed 25 pounds was set
by Manischewitz
at Newark, New Jersey, United States of America on June 19,2011.
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