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(25 Mar 2013) SHOTLIST
Jerusalem - 25 March 2013
1. Various shots of Ultra-Orthodox Jews standing around bonfire and burning bread and other leavened food
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Zaki Dreyfus, Ultra-Orthodox Jew:
"The reason we burn the fire is that Hashem (God) told us that we should get rid of all the chametz (leavened food) to remember the seven days that we were in Mizraim, when we went out of Egypt, we went out with dough on our back and we ate matzas for those seven days. So we make a memory, we burn all the chametz, all the bread, and we only eat matza, which is baked only for 18 minutes."
3. Close-up of bonfire
4. Group of men standing over bonfire
Bnei Brak, Israel - 24 March 2013
5. Man bringing his kitchen pots for washing
6. Close-up of kitchen pots and utensils
7. Young man washing kitchen pots and utensils,dipping them in boiling water
Qalandiya checkpoint - 25 March 2013
8. Empty checkpoint connecting Ramallah with Jerusalem
9. Men standing at closed gates of checkpoint
10. Wide of man walking through checkpoint
11. Wide of closed checkpoint
12. Pan from watchtower to cars waiting in line at checkpoint
Checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem - 25 March 2013
13. Wide of empty checkpoint
14. Sign reading (Hebrew, English, Arabic): "Entrance"
15. Wide of empty checkpoint
16. Cars waiting in line
17. Israeli soldiers inspecting car
Jerusalem - 25 March 2013
18. Various of Israeli border police walking through Jerusalem market
STORYLINE
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel have been preparing for the festival of Passover by burning leavened foods and washing kitchen pots and utensils.
During Passover, leavened breads and most grains are prohibited.
The tradition is intended to recall the flight of the Jews from Egypt after they were freed from slavery in Pharaonic Egypt.
As the story goes, they had no time to let their bread rise before baking it.
Matza, unleavened cracker-like bread, is traditionally eaten during the Jewish Passover celebrations instead of bread.
"When we went out of Egypt, we went out with dough on our back and we ate matzas for those seven days. So we make a memory," said Zaki Dreyfus, who joined in the tradition.
In Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods, men of all ages started bonfires of leavened foods and prayed shortly before the start of the holiday, which will begin on Monday night with a special festive meal known as the seder.
In Jerusalem and in the Israeli town of Bnei Brak, people also had their kitchen utensils and religious objects cleaned in boiling water, as part of the Passover tradition.
Meanwhile, various border crossings with the West Bank were closed by the Israeli military due to security concerns and fear of attacks inside Israel.
They will be reopened at midnight on Tuesday.
A military statement said that people in need of medical assistance or emergency aid, would be allowed to cross from the West Bank with the right authorisation.


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