'Is this a joke? You know we don’t eat bread during Pesach!' Labour delete Passover tweet after it was blasted for featuring a loaf of bread Observant Jews are not allowed to eat leavened bread during Passover festival But despite this Labour included a graphic of a loaf in a tweet sent out today The party was slammed on Twitter for displaying 'basic religious illiteracy'
By Rory Tingle For Mailonline
Published: 14:54 BST, 19 April 2019 | Updated: 14:55 BST, 19 April 2019
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Labour has deleted a Passover message on social media after it came under fire for featuring a loaf of bread - the food observant Jews are not allowed to eat during the festival.
The message read: 'As Jewish people prepare for Passover, we're wishing everyone in the Jewish community chag sameach #Passover.'
Leavened bread is not eaten during the eight days of Passover in commemoration of the Jewish people's flight from slavery in Egypt, which didn't allow time for dough to rise into bread.
