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Mindel explained that poor Jewish people did not have money for food over the Passover period and told the children to go home to their parents and explain the huge problem.
“You must ask your parents to take you shopping and you choose extra items to put in the trolley, which will then go into a mitzvah bin to help feed these people.
“You have the best ears, the best hearts and special neshamas to do this extra-special mitzvah,” she said.
She told the children they would put a smile on the faces of the less fortunate and enable them to enjoy their seders.
The children took turns in shaking hands with the Matza Man and sang “Do you know the Matza Man?” to the tune of “Do you know the Muffin Man?”
