חָמֵץ – food that is leavened, and thus forbidden during Passover. Any of the five types of grain combined raw with water and left for more than 18 minutes is considered leavened.
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חָמֵץ – food that is leavened, and thus forbidden during Passover. Any of the five types of grain combined raw with water and left for more than 18 minutes is considered leavened.
« Back to Glossary Indexפוֹּל המַצִּ רְִי, "Egyptian bean" in Aramaic. This has been identified as the modern cowpea - Vigna unguiculata - a type of legume…
The five species of grain native to biblical Israel: three types of wheat and two types of barley. Wheat: שיפון…