IN PICTURES: Primates prepare for Passover at Ramat Gan Zoo

The Ramat Gan Safari Park gets ready for the upcoming holiday.

By JULIANE HELMHOLD
Updated: MARCH 28, 2018 12:04
An orangutan eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (photo credit: JACK GUEZ / AFP)
An orangutan eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv
(photo credit: JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Several primates were spotted on Tuesday eating the traditional matza (unleavened bread) as the Ramat Gan Safari Park, a zoo near Tel Aviv, was getting ready for the upcoming holiday.
Year after year, the zoo keepers put their animals on a kosher diet in preparation for Passover, a holiday when they are not allowed to touch or own leavened products.
During the eight-day holiday, Religious Jews all over the world eat matza, a special unleavened bread, in order to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. When the Jews left slavery, they were in such a hurry, that the bread they had prepared for the journey did not have time to rise.
A chimpanzee eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Amir Cohen/REUTERS)
A chimpanzee eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Amir Cohen/REUTERS)
Lemurs eat the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)
Lemurs eat the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)
A gorilla eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)
A gorilla eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)
A lemur eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)
A lemur eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)
An orangutan eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)
An orangutan eats the traditional Matza (unleavened bread) in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)
The traditional Tel Aviv Passover diet consists of more than just matza. The carnivore members of the zoo are treated with a special meal of gefilte fish in honor of the holiday.
A Syrian brown bear eats the traditional gefilte fish in preparation for the Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv in 2009 (Amir Cohen/REUTERS)
A Syrian brown bear eats the traditional gefilte fish in preparation for the Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv in 2009 (Amir Cohen/REUTERS)


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