chametz
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Food made from grain left to rise that people do not eat during Passover in Judaism
- noun
- /ˈkhɑːmɛts/
- Jargon
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jametz
- During Passover, we avoid eating chametz, which includes bread and other leavened products.
Examples
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Before Passover begins, families traditionally clear their homes of chametz to honor the holiday.
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I can't discuss it when it's slotted into the same kind of divinely inspired but ineffable category as whether quinoa is chametz.
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She explained that chametz is any food made from leavened grain that is not allowed during Passover.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chametz comes from a Hebrew root meaning 'to become sour' or 'leavened', describing dough that ferments and rises. So chametz today means the leavened grain foods such as bread and pasta that are forbidden on Passover because the holiday remembers leaving Egypt too quickly for bread to rise.