An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays as he burns food containing leavening in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem prior to the start of the Passover holiday March 27, 2002. [Passover which begins this Wednesday evening with the 'seder' dinner, is a week long holiday celebrating the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. It is a time when religious Jews throughly clean their homes and refrain from eating any food containing leavening such as bread.]