There
are many foods, called hametz, that we do not eat during Pesach. They
include anything made with grain, like bread, cookies, cake, and beer.
Some people won’t even eat kitniyot foods like rice, corn, peas, or
peanuts, because they can be made into flour which might be confused with
hametz. Not only is it forbidden to eat hametz during Pesach; it is even
forbidden to own it or have it in the house, so people rinse and scrub
everywhere to make sure that no hametz is left over.
There
are many foods, called hametz, that we do not eat during Pesach. They
include anything made with grain, like bread, cookies, cake, and beer.
Some people won’t even eat kitniyot foods like rice, corn, peas, or
peanuts, because they can be made into flour which might be confused with
hametz. Not only is it forbidden to eat hametz during Pesach; it is even
forbidden to own it or have it in the house, so people rinse and scrub
everywhere to make sure that no hametz is left over.