Matzo Ball Matzo Ball The Matzo Ball is an annual Christmas Eve nightlife event and party held in a number of major cities in the United States and Canada targeted primarily at young Jewish singles and organized by the Society of Young Jewish Professionals. The name of the event is frequently styled as MatzoBall or misspelled as Matzah Ball or MatzahBall. There are a number of competing social events in Jewish communities throughout the U.S. and Canada held that same night. In addition, Matzo Ball and similar spellings are also used as the names for a variety of other, unrelated Jewish community
Passover is eaten, for which reason Passover is called the feast of unleavened bread in the Torah. Thus "matzo" (flat unleavened bread) is eaten during Passover and it is a tradition of the holiday. Historically, together with Shavuot and Sukkot, Passover is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals ("Shalosh Regalim") during which the entire population of the kingdom of Judah made a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. Samaritans still make this pilgrimage to Mount Gerizim, but only men participate in public worship. The Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan, which typically falls in March or