Chametz (also chometz, ḥametz, ḥameṣ, ḥameç and other spellings transliterated from Hebrew: חָמֵץ / חמץ; IPA: [χaˈmets]) are foods with leavening agents...
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Passover (section Removing all leaven (chametz))
The Torah commandments regarding chametz are: To remove all chametz from one's home, including things made with chametz, before the first day of Passover...
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Bedikat chametz, or bedikas chametz (בְּדִיקַת חָמֵץ, Tiberian: bəḏīqaṯ ḥāmēṡ) is the Mitzva to search for chametz before the Jewish Holiday of Passover...
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beans, peas, and lentils. The Torah prohibits Jews from eating chametz during Passover. Chametz is defined as leaven made from the "five species of grain"...
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Eve of Passover on Shabbat (section Search for chametz)
for chametz takes place one night earlier (on the 13th), since use of a candle and the act of burning chametz are forbidden on Shabbat. The chametz is...
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cuisine and forms an integral element of the Passover festival, during which chametz (leaven and five grains that, per Jewish law, are self-leavening) is forbidden...
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Abu Ghosh (section Chametz ceremony)
an agreement with Israel's Chief Rabbis to purchase all of the state's chametz, the leavened products not kosher for the Jewish holiday of Passover. This...
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chametz, must be completed. In particular, a formal search for remaining chametz is done during the evening of Erev Pesach, and all remaining chametz...
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only holiday that centers on home-service, the Seder. Leavened products (chametz) are removed from the house prior to the holiday and are not consumed throughout...
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refrain from leavened foodstuffs (chametz), they are expressly commanded to rid their homes of even small remnants of chametz for the length of the holiday...
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in 1862 in the UK that made carbon dioxide leavened bread Baking powder Chametz Parable of the Leaven Passover Unleavened bread Jacobs, Morris Boris (1951)...
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propose that only the grain species native to the Land of Israel can become chametz. This would rule out not only oats, but also rye (Secale) which grows in...
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the last day of Passover. In many communities, non-Jewish neighbors sell chametz back to Jewish families as a beginning of the celebration. Moroccan and...
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utensils before bringing any Chametz into their homes. Therefore, on the evening after the holiday, they do not eat Chametz unless they go out to eat outside...
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Passover (the 12th of Nisan). Bedikat Chametz occurs on the night of the 13th of Nisan (Thursday night). Chametz is burned on the following Friday morning...
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Horowitz, to enforce a court ruling allowing hospital visitors to enter with chametz (leavened bread) during Passover, which is forbidden under Jewish law,...
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added to hasten the process, but usually omitted in Jewish recipes, as chametz (leavened bread) would make the sour unfit for Passover meals. Sugar, salt...
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Battle of Haifa (1948) (redirect from Operation Bi'ur Chametz)
The Battle of Haifa, called by the Jewish forces Operation Bi'ur Hametz (Hebrew: מבצע ביעור חמץ "Passover Cleaning"), was a Haganah operation carried out...
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" This refers to the requirement in Jewish law that Jews eliminate all chametz, or leavening, from their homes in advance of Passover, and to the allegory...
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Pesachim 3:1, as an example of chametz. The Mishneh Torah mentions it in a few discussions, as an example of chametz and as an example of dairy in discussions...
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this, which are known as chametz. This prohibition is derived from Exodus 12:15. Utensils used in preparing and serving chametz are also forbidden on Passover...
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homes must be cleansed of any items containing leavening agents, known as Chametz. Shavuot celebrates the granting of the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai; Jews...
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Operation Hametz (redirect from Operation Chametz)
Operation Hametz (Hebrew: מבצע חמץ, Mivtza Hametz) was a Zionist operation towards the end of Mandatory Palestine, as part of the 1948 Palestine war. It...
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Flatbush, Brooklyn Absolutely Kosher Records, a California-based record label Chametz, the dietary laws of Passover Kosher dill, a style of pickled cucumber...
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and Golf) as Kosher for Passover. During the holiday, Jewish law forbids Chametz – anything consisting of grains that may have come in contact with water...
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To destroy all chametz on 14th day of Nisan Ex. 12:18 — To eat matzah on the first night of Passover Ex. 12:19 — Not to find chametz in your domain seven...
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Haim ben Hananel HaCohen (Tosafist) (section Chametz on Passover is not considered 'something which can become permitted')
takes to eat half a loaf (kezayit bechdei achilat peras). In his opinion, chametz on Passover is not considered "something which will become permitted" because...
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for Passover. Passover products don't contain leavened grain (known as chametz) or kitniyot ingredients, and can be used year-around. OU-Kitniyot: Like...
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and maror (bitter herbs), the prohibitions against owning or consuming chametz (leaven) on the festival, the details of the Paschal lamb that used to...
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See also Ritva (Pesahim 45b), Rabbenu Manoah (Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Chametz u'Matzah 4:10), and Shulchan Aruch, Orah Haim 442 Pharmacopaea Amstelredamensis...
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