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chametzes

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cha⋅metz

[Seph. khah-mets; Ashk. khaw-mits]
–noun Hebrew.
hametz.

ha⋅metz

[Seph. khah-mets; Ashk. khaw-mits]
–noun Hebrew.
1. a food forbidden for use by Jews during the festival of Passover, esp. a baked food, as bread or cake, made with leaven or a leavening agent.
2. a dish, kitchen utensil, or the like used in preparing or serving such food and similarly forbidden for use during Passover.
Also, chametz.


Origin:
ḥāmēṣ lit., that which is leavened
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