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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Leavened food made from certain grains, removed from the home and not eaten during Pesach.
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Paper 1
Revise: Jewish FestivalsBefore Pesach, observant Jews clean their homes and remove chametz, leavened grain foods. During the festival they eat matzah, unleavened bread. This recalls the hurried departure from Egypt, when there was no time for bread to rise.
Paper 3
Leavened grain products prohibited during Pesach.
Revise: FestivalsBefore Pesach, observant households clean their homes and remove chametz, or leavened grain products. During the festival, matzah, unleavened bread, recalls the Israelites leaving so quickly that their bread had no time to rise.
Do not describe Pesach as a ban on all grain: matzah is permitted unleavened bread. The restriction concerns chametz.
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