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chometz

chometz is the alternative spelling of chametz.

Meaning of chametz

Noun

chametz (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) 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

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What is chometz the alternative spelling of?
Chometz is the alternative spelling of chametz.

Words near chometz in the dictionary

  1. chomage
  2. chomages
  3. Chomas
  4. chomer
  5. chomers
  6. chometz
  7. Chominski
  8. Chominskis
  9. chomma
  10. chommas
  11. chommie

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