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"For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread" (Exodus 12:15)
"You shall not eat anything leavened in any of your dwellings; you shall eat unleavened bread (Matzah) (Exodus 12:20)
It is characteristic of Pesach to eat only unleavened bread (Matzah) and the strict prohibitions of possessing, as well as eating, leavened bread or any other food that contains chametz yeast.
"For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day will be cut off from Israel" (Exodus 12:15)
It is also written "For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, for whoever eats leavened food, whether a ger (convert) or a native of the land, shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel" (Exodus 12:19)
These precepts are among those transmitted to the children of Israel by Moses before their exodus from Egypt and their liberation from slavery. "And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, keeping this day from generation to generation as a perpetual ordinance" (Exodus 12:17).
It is also forbidden to possess chametz during Pesach, even if one does not eat it.
"And there shall be seen with you no leavened bread, no yeast in any land" (Exodus 13:17) "and for seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses" (Exodus 12:19)
But what is chametz?
It is any of the five main cereals:
Wheat, rye, barley, oats and spelt, which have been in contact with water for at least eighteen minutes.
This is considered to have started the fermentation process for this grain or flour.
Chametz is any food prepared with any of these grains and in which they are found as an ingredient, even in the smallest quantities.
The only exception is Matza, which is the prescribed unleavened bread and in its baking all necessary precautions have been taken.
The use of dishes and utensils on which even the slightest particle of chametz may remain is also prohibited during Pesach, unless it is possible to make them kosher and this is done in advance.
(Excerpts from Being Jewish, Pesach)
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