chametz
/həˈmɛts/
chametz noun: food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover.
Noun
chametz (uncountable)
- Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover.
- The eating of chametz (leavened products) is explicitly prohibited on Passover (Exod. 12:19–20; 13:3), for the Israelites “took their dough before it was leavened” (Exod. 12:34) and left Egypt in great haste.2010, Ronald Eisenberg, What the Rabbis Said: 250 Topics from the Talmud, page 219
- A chametz-free total environment is the Passover goal, so any place where chametz was or might have been used during the year is thoroughly checked and cleaned lest any chametz has been left behind.2011, Irving Greenberg, The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays, page 43
Adjective
chametz (not comparable)
- Made of chametz.
- It is permitted, therefore, to store and use all types of ointments, hand lotions, nail polish or medicated drops (for the ear or nose), etc., even if they contain an active chametz ingredient. […]1999, Rabbi Doniel Neustadt, “Medicines and Cosmetics for Pesach”, in Kashrut.com
- Synonyms:
- chametz-based
- Antonyms:
- chametz-free, non-chametz
- Used with or to be used with chametz.
- One of the many preparations one must make for Pesach is kashering (a process to prepare a non-kosher vessel for kosher use or a chametz vessel for use on Pesach). […] All chametz utensils that will be used for Pesach must be thoroughly cleaned. […] Remove the filter covering the drain and put it...2004, “The Quintessential Kashering Primer”, in Jewish Action, volume 64 (Spring 2004/5764), number 3
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Forms of chametz
| alternative form | chamets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chometz |
| alternative form | hamets |
| alternative form | hametz |
Origin of chametz
Borrowed from Hebrew חָמֵץ (khaméts).
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Questions about chametz
- What does chametz mean?
- Chametz means food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover.
- What part of speech is chametz?
- Chametz can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chametz?
- Chametz is pronounced /həˈmɛts/.
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