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hametz
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[ Sephardic Hebrew khah-mets; Ashkenazic Hebrew khaw-mits ]
noun
Hebrew.
- a food forbidden for use by Jews during the festival of Passover, especially a baked food, as bread or cake, made with leaven or a leavening agent.
- a dish, kitchen utensil, or the like used in preparing or serving such food and similarly forbidden for use during Passover.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hametz1
ḥāmŧṣ literally, that which is leavened
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Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to noon: Mark the end of Passover with all things leavened at the Hametz Fest.
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Hametz, the Hebrew word for leaven, are foods forbidden during the Passover holiday, particularly products made from flour, such bread, crackers and pretzels.
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Still taboo for all Jews during Passover are any foods that are leavened - called hametz - including such grains as wheat, barley, oats, rye and spelt.
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The revised rite even endorses a search for the hametz, in which pieces of leavened bread are hidden so that children can have the delight of hunting for them.
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