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.navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Judaism" title="Template:Judaism"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Judaism" title="Template talk:Judaism"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Judaism" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Judaism"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Chametz</b></i> (also <i>chometz</i>, <i><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">ḥametz</i></span></i>, <i>ḥameṣ</i>, <i>ḥameç</i> and other spellings <a href="/wiki/Transliteration" title="Transliteration">transliterated</a> from <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">חָמֵץ / חמץ</span>; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="he-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hebrew" title="Help:IPA/Hebrew">[χaˈmets]</a></span>) are foods with <a href="/wiki/Leavening_agent" title="Leavening agent">leavening agents</a> that are forbidden to <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> on the holiday of <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a>. </p><p><i>Chametz</i> is a product that is both made from one of the <a href="/wiki/Five_species_of_grain" title="Five species of grain">five species of grain</a> and has been combined with water and left to stand raw for longer than eighteen minutes (according to most opinions) and becomes leavened. This law appears several times in the <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a>; according to <i><a href="/wiki/Halakha" title="Halakha">halakha</a></i> (Jewish law), Jews may not own, eat or benefit from <i>chametz</i> during Passover. The penalty for eating <i>chametz</i> on Passover is the <a href="/wiki/Divine_punishment" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine punishment">divine punishment</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Kareth" title="Kareth">kareth</a></i> (cutting off). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The adjective <i>chametz</i> is derived from the common <a href="/wiki/Semitic_root" title="Semitic root">Semitic root</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Heth" title="Heth">Ḥ</a></i>-<i><a href="/wiki/Mem_(letter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mem (letter)">M</a></i>-<i><a href="/wiki/Tsade" title="Tsade">Ṣ</a></i>, relating to <a href="/wiki/Bread" title="Bread">bread</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leavening" class="mw-redirect" title="Leavening">leavening</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baking" title="Baking">baking</a>. The related noun <i>chimutz</i> is the process of leavening or fermenting. It is cognate to the <a href="/wiki/Aramaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Aramaic language">Aramaic</a> <span title="Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)-language text"><span lang="arc" dir="rtl">חמע</span></span>, "to ferment, leaven" and the <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">حَمْض</span></span> <i>ḥamḍ</i>, "acid", <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">حَمُضَ</span></span> <i>ḥamuḍa</i> "to be sour", "to become acidic", "to acidify".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This root relates to acidity and sourness in Hebrew as well, as the word <i>chometz -</i> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241449095">.mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","SBL Hebrew","Taamey Frank CLM","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Frank Ruehl CLM","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}</style><span class="script-hebrew" style="font-size: 110%;" dir="rtl">חומץ</span>‎ - means vinegar, and the word <i>chamootz -</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1241449095" /><span class="script-hebrew" style="font-size: 110%;" dir="rtl">חמוץ</span>‎ - means sour.<sup id="cite_ref-Defining_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Defining-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Torah-related_sources">Torah-related sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Torah-related sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a> has several commandments governing <i>chametz</i> during <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a>: </p> <ul><li>The positive commandment to <a href="#Removal_of_chametz">remove all <i>chametz</i></a> from one's home (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0212.htm#15">Exodus 12:15</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-sefer_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sefer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: §9">: §9 </span></sup></li> <li>Not to possess <i>chametz</i> in one's domain. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0212.htm#19">Exodus 12:19</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0516.htm#4">Deuteronomy 16:4</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-sefer_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sefer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: §11, 20">: §11, 20 </span></sup></li> <li>Not to eat chametz, or mixtures containing <i>chametz</i> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0213.htm#3">Exodus 13:3</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0212.htm#20">Exodus 12:20</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0516.htm#3">Deuteronomy 16:3</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-sefer_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sefer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: §12, 19">: §12, 19 </span></sup></li></ul> <p>The prohibitions take effect around late morning on the eve of Passover, or the 14th of the month of <a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish calendar">Jewish calendar</a>. <i>Chametz</i> is permitted again from nightfall after the final day of Passover, which is the 21st day of the month and the last of the seven days of Unleavened Bread (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0213.htm#6">Exodus 13:6</a>). Traditional Jewish homes spend the days leading up to Passover cleaning and removing all traces of <i>chametz</i> from the house. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Leavening_agent" title="Leavening agent">Leavening agent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fermentation" title="Fermentation">Fermentation</a></div> <p><i>Chametz</i> is a product that is both made from one of <a href="/wiki/Five_species_of_grain" title="Five species of grain">five species of grain</a> and has been combined with water and left to stand raw for longer than eighteen minutes (according to most opinions) and becomes leavened.<sup id="cite_ref-Defining_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Defining-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All fruits, grains, and grasses for example naturally adhere wild yeasts and other <a href="/wiki/Microorganisms" class="mw-redirect" title="Microorganisms">microorganisms</a>. This is the basis of all historic fermentation processes in human culture that were utilized for the production of <a href="/wiki/Beer" title="Beer">beer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bread" title="Bread">bread</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silage" title="Silage">silage</a>, amongst others. <i>Chametz</i> from the five species is the result of a natural <a href="/wiki/Microbial" class="mw-redirect" title="Microbial">microbial</a> enzymatic activity that is caused by exposing grain starch—which has not been <a href="/wiki/Sterilization_(microbiology)" title="Sterilization (microbiology)">sterilized</a>, i.e. by baking—to water. This causes the dissolved starch to ferment and <a href="/wiki/Amylase#Uses" title="Amylase">break down</a> into sugars that then become nutrients to the naturally contained yeasts. A typical side effect of this <a href="/wiki/Leavening_agent" title="Leavening agent">biological leavening</a> is the growth of the naturally adhering yeasts in the mixture, which produce gaseous <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a> from <a href="/wiki/Glycolysis" title="Glycolysis">glycolysis</a>, which causes the fermented dough to rise and become increasingly acidic.<sup id="cite_ref-Defining_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Defining-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_five_grains">The five grains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The five grains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud">Talmud</a>, <i>chametz</i> can only be present in the five species of grain. Other species are considered not to undergo "leavening" (<i>chimutz</i>), but rather "spoilage" (<i>sirchon</i>), and thus cannot become <i>chametz</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At least four of the five grains contain high levels of <a href="/wiki/Gluten" title="Gluten">gluten</a>. The fifth grain (<i>shibolet shual</i>) is translated in Ashkenazi Jewish tradition as "<a href="/wiki/Oats" class="mw-redirect" title="Oats">oats</a>" (which are low in gluten), but many modern scholars instead understand it to be a variety of <a href="/wiki/Barley" title="Barley">barley</a> (high in gluten). If the latter opinion is correct, then all five grains are high in gluten. That suggests that gluten is a necessary component of <i>chametz</i>, as it holds the dough together while rising, allowing the formation of a fluffy bread loaf.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leavening">Leavening</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Leavening"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Leavening_agent" title="Leavening agent">Leavening agents</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Yeast" title="Yeast">yeast</a> or <a href="/wiki/Baking_soda" class="mw-redirect" title="Baking soda">baking soda</a>, are not themselves <i>chametz</i>. Rather, it is the fermented grains. Thus yeast may be used in making wine. Similarly, baking soda may be used in Passover baked goods made with <a href="/wiki/Matzoh_meal" class="mw-redirect" title="Matzoh meal">matzoh meal</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Matzoh_ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Matzoh ball">matzoh balls</a>. Since the matzoh meal used in those foods is already baked, the grain will not ferment. Whether a chemical leavener such as baking soda may be used with flour in making <a href="/wiki/Matzah" title="Matzah">egg matzoh</a> is disputed among contemporary <a href="/wiki/Sephardic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardic">Sephardic</a> authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In accordance with those who permit it, cookies made with Passover flour, wine and a chemical leavener (the absence of water would make them similar to egg matzoh under the <i>chametz</i> rules) are marketed in Israel under the name "wine cookies" to <a href="/wiki/Sephardim" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardim">Sephardim</a> and others who eat egg matzoh on Passover. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stringency">Stringency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Stringency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Torah specifies the punishment of <i><a href="/wiki/Kareth" title="Kareth">kareth</a></i>, one of the highest levels of punishment in Jewish tradition, for eating <i>chametz</i> on Passover (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0212.htm#15">Exodus 12:15</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Passover, eating <i>chametz</i> is prohibited no matter how small a proportion it is in a mixture although the usual rule is that if less than 1/60 of a mixture is not <a href="/wiki/Kashrut" title="Kashrut">kosher</a>, the mixture is permitted. If the dilution happened before Pesach, the usual 1/60 rule applies; <a href="/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews" title="Ashkenazi Jews">Ashkenazi Jews</a> apply this leniency only if the mixture is liquid.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also, <i>hana'ah</i> (any benefit, such as selling) from some forms of non-kosher food is permitted, but no form of benefit may be derived from <i>chametz</i> during Passover. Mixtures consisting of less than 50% <i>chametz</i> that are not usually consumed by people (such as medicine or pet food—even if perfectly edible) may be owned and used on Passover but may not be eaten.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Removal_of_chametz">Removal of chametz</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Removal of chametz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Passover#Removing_all_leaven_(chametz)" title="Passover">Passover § Removing all leaven (chametz)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bedikat_Chametz" title="Bedikat Chametz">Bedikat Chametz</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BiurChametz2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BiurChametz2010.jpg/250px-BiurChametz2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BiurChametz2010.jpg/330px-BiurChametz2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BiurChametz2010.jpg/500px-BiurChametz2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>A small scale <i>bi'ur chametz</i>. Note the charred ashes of the <a href="/wiki/Lulav" title="Lulav">lulav</a> palm frond from Sukkot has been used for kindling to reuse a holy object to perform an additional <a href="/wiki/Mitzvah" title="Mitzvah">mitzvah</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biur_Chometz_2007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Biur_Chometz_2007.JPG/220px-Biur_Chometz_2007.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Biur_Chometz_2007.JPG/330px-Biur_Chometz_2007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Biur_Chometz_2007.JPG/440px-Biur_Chometz_2007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><i>Bi'ur chametz</i> (destroying chametz)</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to the Biblical prohibition of owning <i>chametz</i>, there is also a positive commandment to remove it from one's possession.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are three traditional methods of removing <i>chametz</i>: </p> <ul><li><i><b>Bi'ur:</b></i> destroying one's <i>chametz</i>. All appropriate methods of destruction, like burning,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="Statement needs to be more specific about the content to which it refers. (April 2009)">specify</span></a></i>]</sup> are included in this category. On the night preceding the 14th of Nisan, a formal <i><a href="/wiki/Bedikat_chametz" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedikat chametz">bedikat chametz</a></i> (search for <i>chametz</i>) is conducted by candlelight. The <i>chametz</i> found in this search is burned the next morning, in a formal <i>bi'ur</i> ceremony.</li> <li><i><b>Bittul:</b></i> nullifying one's <i>chametz</i>. On the night and again on the morning of the 14th of Nissan, at the formal <i>bedikah</i> and <i>bi'ur</i> respectively, the head of the household recites an <a href="/wiki/Aramaic" title="Aramaic">Aramaic</a> statement nullifying all <i>chametz</i> remaining in the family's possession. The statements conclude that the <i>chametz</i> "shall be nullified and considered ownerless as the dust of the earth." <i>Bittul</i> must be done before the prohibition of <i>chametz</i> takes effect; once five twelfths of the day have passed on Passover eve, <i>bittul</i> is no longer an effective means of removal, and any <i>chametz</i> that one discovers must be destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><b>Mechirah:</b></i> selling one's <i>chametz</i>. Until five twelfths of the way through Passover Eve one may sell or give one's <i>chametz</i> to a non-Jew, and it is no longer one's responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One who keeps the sold <i>chametz</i> in a household must seal it away so that it will not be visible during the holiday. After the holiday, the non-Jew generally sells the <i>chametz</i> back to the original owners via the agent; nevertheless, he is under no obligation to do so.</li></ul> <p>It is considered best to use both <i>bi'ur</i> and <i>bittul</i> to remove one's <i>chametz</i> even though either of these two methods is enough to fulfill one's biblical requirement to destroy it.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Mechirah</i>, which averts the prohibition of ownership, is an alternative to destruction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sale_of_chametz">Sale of <i>chametz</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sale of chametz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Passover#Sale_of_leaven" title="Passover">Passover § Sale of leaven</a></div> <p>In many Jewish communities, the rabbi signs a contract with each congregant, assigning the rabbi as an agent to sell their <i>chametz</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The practice is convenient for the congregation and ensures that the sale is binding by both Jewish and local law. </p><p>For <i>chametz</i> owned by the <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">State of Israel</a>, which includes its state companies, the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Prison_Service" title="Israel Prison Service">prison service</a> and the country's stock of emergency supplies, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Rabbinate_of_Israel" title="Chief Rabbinate of Israel">Chief Rabbinate</a> act as agent; during the 2000s, the Rabbinate sold its <i>chametz</i> to Jaaber Hussein, a hotel manager residing in <a href="/wiki/Abu_Ghosh" title="Abu Ghosh">Abu Ghosh</a>, who puts down a deposit of 20,000 shekels for <i>chametz</i> worth an estimated $150 million.<sup id="cite_ref-indep_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indep-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chametz_found_during_or_after_Pesach"><i>Chametz</i> found during or after <i>Pesach</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Chametz found during or after Pesach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chametz_sign_in_Jerusalem_supermarket_during_Passover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt=""Chametz" in large black Hebrew letters on a letter-size piece of paper, affixed horizontally to white plastic background." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Chametz_sign_in_Jerusalem_supermarket_during_Passover.jpg/220px-Chametz_sign_in_Jerusalem_supermarket_during_Passover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Chametz_sign_in_Jerusalem_supermarket_during_Passover.jpg/330px-Chametz_sign_in_Jerusalem_supermarket_during_Passover.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Chametz_sign_in_Jerusalem_supermarket_during_Passover.jpg/440px-Chametz_sign_in_Jerusalem_supermarket_during_Passover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2680" data-file-height="2568" /></a><figcaption><i>Chametz</i> sign on blocked-off sections of a Jerusalem supermarket during Passover</figcaption></figure> <p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Halakha" title="Halakha">halakha</a></i> (Jewish law), if <i>chametz</i> is found during <a href="/wiki/Shabbat" title="Shabbat">Shabbat</a> or <a href="/wiki/Jewish_holidays" title="Jewish holidays">Yom Tov</a>, it must be covered over until <a href="/wiki/Chol_HaMoed" title="Chol HaMoed">Chol HaMoed</a>, when it can be burned. <i>Chametz</i> found during Chol HaMoed (except on Shabbat) should be burned immediately. </p><p>After the holiday, there is a special law known as <i><span title="Hebrew-language text"><i lang="he-Latn">chametz she'avar alav haPesach</i></span></i> (<i>chametz</i> that was owned by a Jew during Pesach). Such <i>chametz</i> must be burned, since no benefit is allowed to be derived from it, not even by selling it to a non-Jew. <i><span title="Hebrew-language text"><i lang="he-Latn">Chametz she'avar alav haPesach</i></span></i> may not be eaten by Jews after Pesach. If a store owned by a Jew is known not to have sold its <i>chametz</i>, a Jew may not buy any from that store until enough time has passed in which it can be assumed that the inventory has changed over since Pesach. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Customs_related_to_chametz">Customs related to chametz</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Customs related to chametz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of the Torah's severity regarding the prohibition of <i>chametz</i>, many communities have adopted stringencies not biblically required as safeguards from inadvertent transgression. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kitniyot"><i>Kitniyot</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Kitniyot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kitniyot" title="Kitniyot">Kitniyot</a></div> <p>Among Ashkenazi Jews, the custom during Passover is to refrain not only from products of the five grains but also <i><a href="/wiki/Kitniyot" title="Kitniyot">kitniyot</a></i> (lit. small things), which refers to other grains or legumes. Traditions of what is considered <i>kitniyot</i> vary from community to community but generally include <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corn" class="mw-redirect" title="Corn">corn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lentils" class="mw-redirect" title="Lentils">lentils</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beans" class="mw-redirect" title="Beans">beans</a>. Many include <a href="/wiki/Peanut" title="Peanut">peanuts</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The custom of <i>kitniyot</i> is observed by Ashkenazi Jews. Some Sephardi Jews from Spain and North Africa (for example, Moroccan Jews) have different restrictions, such as avoiding rice during Pesach. In recent years, there is some movement among <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Judaism" title="Conservative Judaism">Conservative</a> as well as some Orthodox Ashkenazi Jews to cease to observe the tradition of <i>kitniyot</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Egg_matzo">Egg matzo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Egg matzo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Matzah#Egg_matzah" title="Matzah">Matzah § Egg matzah</a></div> <p>Matzo is generally made from flour and water. If made from flour and a different liquid, such as fruit juice or eggs, it is not considered <i>chametz</i>. Ashkenazi custom is generally to avoid such products, in case some water was mixed into the liquid, which could cause the mixture to become <i>chametz</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This product is known as "egg matzo" or "enriched matzo". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gebrochts"><i>Gebrochts</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gebrochts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gebrochts" title="Gebrochts">Gebrochts</a></div> <p>At Passover, some <a href="/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism" title="Hasidic Judaism">Hasidic Jews</a> will not eat matzo that has become wet, including matzo balls and other matzo meal products although it cannot become <i>chametz</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-intime_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intime-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such products are called <i>gebrochts</i> (Yiddish: broken), referring to the broken or ground matzo used for baking or cooking. Instead of matzo meal, they use <a href="/wiki/Potato_starch" title="Potato starch">potato starch</a> in cakes and other dishes. The <a href="/wiki/Hebrew" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew">Hebrew</a> term for <i>gebrochts</i> is <i>matzah sh'ruyah</i> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מצה שרויה</span>, soaked matzo), but outside Israel, the Yiddish name is usually the one that is used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kashrut" title="Kashrut">Kashrut</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chametz&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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