Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items before the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, March. 25.

Two boys watch as leavened items are burned in final preparation for the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March. 25. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday that celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt.

Children look on as Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men knead the dough before baking the Matzoth or unleavened bread on April 2, in Jerusalem. Religious Jews throughout the world eat matzoth during the eight-day Pesach holiday (Passover), which begins April 6 at sunset to commemorate the Israelis' exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago and commemorate their ancestors' plight.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man pours flour into a mixing bowl to prepare matza, a traditional unleavened bread, to be eaten during the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood April 2. The flour is kept in a separate room from the water to ensure it does not not touch the water before the mazta is prepared. Passover commemorates the flight of Jews from Ancient Egypt as described in Exodus from the Bible. According to the account, the Jews did not have time to prepare leavened bread before fleeing to the Promised Land.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man dips cooking pots into boiling water in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, on April 3, in order to rid the utensils of any traces of leavening ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man pushes a cart full of potatoes in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, on April 3. The potatoes are provided by charity organizations for people in need ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover, which falls on the evening of April 6. Passover, one of Judiasm's most important holidays, commemorates the Jewish exodus from ancient Egypt and their wandering in the desert on their way to Israel, and is celebrated with the 'Seder,' or Passover dinner.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather for food distribution in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, April 3.

Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz and workers remove notes from the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, on March 28. Rabbi Rabinovitz headed a team on Wednesday that cleaned out the cracks and made room for more paper notes that Jews believe are notes to God, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover which begins on April 6.

A man helps remove messages and prayers written by thousands of people addressed to God from the cracks in the Western Wall in preparation for the up coming Jewish Passover holiday on March 28 in Jerusalem's old city. All the notes once collected will be buried in a special place at the Mount of Olives according to Jewish law. Passover begins in the evening of Friday, April 6 and commemorates the story of the Exodus where the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt.

A man helps remove messages and prayers written by thousands of people addressed to God from the cracks in the Western Wall in preparation for the up coming Jewish Passover holiday, on March 28 in Jerusalem's old city.

Messages and prayers written by thousands of people addressed to God from the cracks in the Western Wall are seen on the floor after they were removed in preparation for the up coming Jewish Passover holiday on March 28 in Jerusalem's old city.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy protects his face from the heat as religious Jews gather and burn their 'chametz,' or products containing leavening agents, in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem, Israel on April 18, prior to the start of the high holiday of Passover this evening. Religious Jews thoroughly clean their homes of all traces of leavening agents and then burn what little remains prior to passover, which commemorates the Israelites' exodus from ancient Egypt.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man reads a prayer with one of his sons after they threw the remainder of the leavened products into a fire as they burn their 'chametz,' in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem, Israel on April 18.