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Thursday, June 24, 2010
THE OU'S Taryag: The 613 Mitzvos mitzavah 19. Back to Pesach: The prohibition against eating chometz on Passover
As with the other Passover-related mitzvos, the reason is to publicize the miracles that God wrought when He extracted the Jews from Egypt. Chometz is a leavened product of one of five grains: wheat, barley, rye oats and spelt.
The Zohar (2:182) equates eating chometz on Pesach to idolatry.
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