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1. Leaven: Fermenting dough ( = "to be sour," "fermented"; Aramaic, ). ed bread was probably a common article of food among the ancient Israelites (Hos., while unleavened bread ("maẓẓot") was prepared when food was required at short notice (Gen. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Leaven: Leaven, a substance which produces fermentation, particularly in the making of bread, properly a portion of already fermented dough added to other dough for this purpose (see Bread). The word is used figuratively of any element, influence or agency which ... [100%] 2022-09-02
3. Leaven: LEAVEN lev'-n (se'or, chamets; zume; Latin fermentum): The nomadic ancestors of the Hebrews, like the Bedouin of today, probably made their bread without leaven; but leaven came to play a great part in their bread-making, their law ... [100%] 1915-01-01
4. Holy Leaven: Holy Leaven, also known as Malka (Classical Syriac: ܡܲܠܟܵܐ, pronounced [ˈmalkaː]), is a powder added to the sacramental bread used in the Eucharist of both the Ancient Church of the East and the Assyrian Church of the East and historically in the ... (Ingredient used in ceremonies of several Christian denominations) [70%] 2024-06-19 [Church of the East] [Eucharistic objects]...