This will ensure there's not a speck of
chametz (leaven) left in the place.
The family survived with help from benefactors' donations, from the sale of lulavim and etrogim, by charging for the selling of
chametz at Passover, and by the performance of other rabbinical functions.
Giving up
chametz doesn't have to mean saying goodbye to all your favorite foods for eight days.
This week on Unorthodox, we're filling up on
chametz before Passover starts.
ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS associated with Passover is to remove
chametz, leaven, from one's domain.
Three different military campaigns were launched simultaneously -
Chametz, Jevussi and Yiftach - through which Yafa, areas around Jerusalem and the whole of eastern Galilee were seized.
These buses adhere to rules and customs not generally found on curbside carriers, from a mechitza down the middle separating men and women, to prohibiting
chametz on Passover.
During the holiday, Jewish law forbids
chametz, anything consisting of grains that may have come in contact with water, starting the process of fermentation.
Before the celebrations start, all traces of
chametz (leaven) are removed from the home.
These constraints are symbolized by the
chametz, the leavened products that are banished for the holiday, and which allude to the spiritual impediment of ego puffery.
On Thursday night, Lisbon's children embarked on the traditional search for
chametz.
The law, as approved by the Knesset, didn't intend to interfere with the religious freedom of Israelis, but to prevent advertising of the sale of
chametz [bread products] to protect the feelings of the religious population in Israel," he said.
