7. Ways in Which There is No Leavening
As noted, there are five types of grain that can become chametz after touching water. However, if they are roasted in fire, they can no longer become chametz, and in principle they may be mixed with...
View Article6. Chametz So Spoiled that a Dog Would Not Eat It
Chametz that was originally fit for eating, but that became moldy or spoiled to the point that it is not fit for human consumption, is still considered chametz gamur, since it can still be used as a...
View Article5. Chametz Nuksheh (Hardened Chametz)
The chametz that the Torah forbade is chametz gamur (absolute chametz), meaning that the leavening process has been completed, and the food has become edible. But if fermentation had begun but not...
View Article4. The Definition of Leavening Dough
As we have learned, the difference between bread and matza is that the dough used for making bread has undergone a leavening process resulting from the fermentation of ingredients within the flour that...
View Article3. What is Chametz and what is Se’or?
The chametz that is prohibited by the Torah on Pesach is any one of the five species of cereal grains that came in contact with water and fermented. The five species are wheat (chitta), barley...
View Article2. The Times When Chametz is Prohibited by Torah Law and by Rabbinic Law
Although the prohibition against chametz applies primarily during the seven days of Chag Matzot, from the fifteenth through the twenty-first of Nisan, nevertheless we were commanded to remove chametz...
View Article1. Four Mitzvot Concerning the Prohibition against Chametz
Four Torah commandments deal with the prohibition against chametz on Pesach: three negative and one positive. The first prohibition is to refrain from eating chametz, as it is written, “And chametz...
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