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matzah

unleavened flatbread in Jewish cuisine; an element of the Passover festival
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Summary

matzah ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,145 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: flour[2], drinking water[3]
  • Subclass of: flatbread[4], unleavened bread[5]
  • Has use: Afikoman[6]
  • Commons category: Matzah[7]
  • Country of origin: Egypt[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Matzo[9]
  • Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Used by: Jewish cuisine[13]
  • Native label: מצה[14]
  • Different from: Metze (Hohlmaß)[15]

Why It Matters

matzah has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] matzah is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Egypt

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q297505
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297505, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → flour, drinking water
    Country of origin → —
    Used by → —
    Subclass of → flatbread, unleavened bread
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007558288305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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