What is the name of the Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Unleavened Bread?
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Passover
Passover commemorates the Biblical story of the Exodus, in which the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Matzo is eaten because the Israelites left in such a hurry their bread didn't have time to rise.
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