chometz
Britishnoun
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The onset of Passover last Wednesday, for example, meant the ritual burning of “chometz,” year-round food considered tainted by leavening.
From New York Times
This year, each apartment building was given a big yellow bag to collect residents’ chometz, sanitation crews took the bags to the town dump and a few rabbis presided over the ritual incineration.
From New York Times
On the last evening before the beginning of the Passover they had been present at the Chometz batteln.
From Project Gutenberg
The house must be thoroughly cleansed of Chometz.
From Time Magazine Archive
There should never be starch in napkins, dresses, shirts, for starch is Chometz, which is leaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
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