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The prohibitions take effect around late morning on the eve of Passover, or the 14th of the month of Nisan, in the Jewish calendar. All fruits, grains, and grasses for example naturally adhere wild yeasts and other microorganisms. This is the basis of all historic fermentation processes in human culture that were utilized for the production of beer, wine, bread and silage, amongst others. According to the Talmud, chametz can only consist of grains of five species of grain.
At least four of the five grains contain high levels of gluten. If the latter opinion is correct, then all five grains are high in gluten. Leavening agents, such as yeast or baking soda, are not themselves chametz. Rather, it is the fermented grains. Thus yeast may be used in making wine. Passover but may not be eaten. Note the charred ashes of the lulav palm frond from Sukkot has been used for kindling to reuse a holy object to perform an additional mitzvah.
In addition to the Biblical prohibition of owning chametz, there is also a positive commandment to remove it from one’s possession. All appropriate methods, like burning, of destruction are included in this category. On the night and again on the morning of the 14th of Nissan, at the formal bedikah and bi’ur respectively, the head of the household recites an Aramaic statement nullifying all chametz remaining in the family’s possession. The statements conclude that the chametz “shall be nullified and considered ownerless as the dust of the earth.
Until five twelfths of the way through Passover Eve one may sell or give one’s chametz to a non-Jew, and it is no longer one’s responsibility. One who keeps the sold chametz in a household must seal it away so that it will not be visible during the holiday. It is considered best to use both bi’ur and bittul to remove one’s chametz even though either of these two methods is enough to fulfill one’s biblical requirement to destroy it. Mechirah, which averts the prohibition of ownership, is an alternative to destruction. In many Jewish communities, the rabbi signs a contract with each congregant, assigning the rabbi as an agent to sell their chametz.
The practice is convenient for the congregation and ensures that the sale is binding by both Jewish and local law. Chametz” in large black Hebrew letters on a letter-size piece of paper, affixed horizontally to white plastic background. Such chametz must be burned, since no benefit is allowed to be derived from it, not even by selling it to a non-Jew. Because of the Torah’s severity regarding the prohibition of chametz, many communities have adopted stringencies not biblically required as safeguards from inadvertent transgression. The custom of kitniyot is observed by Ashkenazi Jews. In recent years, there is some movement among Conservative as well as some Orthodox Ashkenazi Jews to cease to observe the tradition of kitniyot. 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 chametz. However, Ashkenazi custom is generally to avoid such products, in case some water was mixed into the liquid, which could cause the mixture to become chametz. This product is known as “egg matzo” or “enriched matzo”. At Passover, some Hasidic Jews will not eat matzo that has become wet, including matzo balls and other matzo meal products although it cannot become chametz. Israel, the Yiddish name is usually the one that is used. Why Are These Cheerios Different from All Other Cheerios?
