chometz

/ ˈxomətʒ, xaˈmɛtʒ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of chametz

Example Sentences

The onset of Passover last Wednesday, for example, meant the ritual burning of “chometz,” year-round food considered tainted by leavening.

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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.

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On the last evening before the beginning of the Passover they had been present at the Chometz batteln.

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The house must be thoroughly cleansed of Chometz.

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There should never be starch in napkins, dresses, shirts, for starch is Chometz, which is leaven.

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