Skit - The Real Reason We Had Unleavened Bread
Skit - The Real Reason We Had Unleavened Bread
By
Dave Cowen
BARBARA WALTERS
Hello, I’m Barbara Walters and welcome to a special episode of 20/20.
If you’re a Jewish person, you’ve likely heard the Passover story every year of your life.
You think you know why we eat matzo.
The Jews were in such a haste to leave Egypt that they could only take unleavened bread.
However, a Jewish archaeologist has recently uncovered perhaps the real reason.
Please welcome Dr. Carrie Levy to the show.
DR. LEVY
Hi, Barbara, thanks for having me.
BARBARA WALTERS
So tell us about your big discovery.
DR. LEVY
Well, it’s quite simple really. The Passover story presupposes that the unleavened bread could have risen. But my book asks the question, “Maybe it couldn’t?”
BARBARA WALTERS
So if the bread couldn’t have risen, even if there had been time, what did happen?
DR. LEVY
My research suggests that the Jewish people made an error with their sourdough starter.
BARBARA WALTERS
Those sourdough starters are very challenging. I’ve been trying to perfect my loaf all pandemic.
DR. LEVY
Exactly. Yes, me, too. That’s how I came up with the theory.
BARBARA WALTERS
What do you mean?
DR. LEVY
Because of the pandemic, like everyone else, I’ve been unable to leave my house. Or go to the sites in Egypt I normally excavate. So instead I started trying to perfect my sourdough loaf at home. And had tremendous trouble.
WOLF BLITZER
Me, too.
JAKE TAPPER
Yes, same with me.
DR. LEVY
Wow, this is quite an episode of 20/20 with three Jewish hosts.
BARBARA WALTERS
Well, Wolf gave Jake his sourdough “mother” which Jake shared with me, so I only thought it fair to include them.
DR. LEVY
Actually, sharing the “mother” is I think where the Jews went awry.
JAKE TAPPER
How so?
DR. LEVY
If you overshare the “mother”, the “feedings” or “refreshments” cycles can be skipped or lost.
BARBARA WALTERS
Maybe, that’s what’s wrong with mine?
JAKE TAPPER
I fed my “mother” perfectly. If we had problems, Barbara, it must have been Wolf’s fault.
BARBARA WALTERS
Well, who did you get your “mother” from, Wolf?
WOLF BLITZER
Larry.
BARBARA WALTERS
Larry King?
WOLF BLITZER
Yes, may he rest in peace.
JAKE TAPPER
So since Larry King passed away, may he rest in peace, we can’t find out if the starter went bad with him or before him.
DR. LEVY
And that’s the same with my research.
BARBARA WALTERS
What do you mean?
DR. LEVY
I can’t find out for sure if the starter is the reason the Jews’ bread was unleavened or not.
WOLF BLITZER
Wait, you wrote a whole book about your theory without any proof?
BARBARA WALTERS
And by proof, we also mean the term for the final rise in baking.
DR. LEVY
Well, as I said, I’ve been unable to leave my home for almost a year now. So I couldn’t excavate the Egyptian sites looking for the starter. And I was just sitting around the house trying to make these troublesome sourdough loaves. So I thought I might as well write a book. Even if it was speculative.
JAKE TAPPER
Well, that’s understandable.
BARBARA WALTERS
Why did I come out of retirement for this?
WOLF BLITZER
It seems maybe the original Passover story really still is true then.
DR. LEVY
Yeah, probably.
BARBARA WALTERS
That’s it for our show. Thanks, I guess, to Dr. Levy. And to Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper. Join us next week when we’ll be meeting with some Jewish entrepreneurs about their latest pandemic fitness craze. Where they get you lost, then you have to walk back home through the desert.
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