hametz
Americannoun
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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.
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a dish, kitchen utensil, or the like used in preparing or serving such food and similarly forbidden for use during Passover.
Etymology
Origin of hametz
ḥāmēṣ literally, that which is leavened
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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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