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# leaven

noun

«leaven» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Leaven is forbidden on the altar in most meal-offerings, and during Passover none may be seen or eaten in Israelite homes for seven days.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says leaven stands for pride or the evil urge that puffs a person up, while flat unleavened matzah stands for humility and for the haste of leaving Egypt. Before Passover Jewish families search the house for leaven and burn or sell what they find.

### Meaning

A substance, such as old fermented dough or yeast, that is added to dough to make it rise and become light and puffy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaven/#m1)

### Examples

- It shall not be baked with leaven. (Torah LEV.6.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaven/#x1)
- Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders. (Torah EXO.13.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaven/#x2)
- No meal-offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven; for ye shall make no leaven, nor any honey, smoke as an offering made by fire unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaven/#x3)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «leaven» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaven/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«leaven» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/leaven.html) on Mova free.