chametz
Made of chametz.
Adjective
- Made of chametz.
- It is permitted, therefore, to store and use all types of ointments, hand lotions, nail polish or medicated drops (for the ear or nose), etc., even if they contain an active chametz ingredient. […] - 1999, Rabbi Doniel...
Synonyms: chametz-based
Antonyms: chametz-free non-chametz
- Used with or to be used with chametz.
- One of the many preparations one must make for Pesach is kashering (a process to prepare a non-kosher vessel for kosher use or a chametz vessel for use on Pesach). […] All chametz utensils that will be used for Pesach...
Origin
Borrowed from Hebrew חָמֵץ (khaméts).
Forms
Noun
- Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover.
- The eating of chametz (leavened products) is explicitly prohibited on Passover (Exod. 12:19–20; 13:3), for the Israelites “took their dough before it was leavened” (Exod. 12:34) and left Egypt in great haste. - 2010,...
- A chametz-free total environment is the Passover goal, so any place where chametz was or might have been used during the year is thoroughly checked and cleaned lest any chametz has been left behind. - 2011, Irving...