unleavened bread
Bread without yeast
Unleavened bread is bread made without yeast or other rising agents, resulting in a flat, dense product.
It holds religious significance in Judaism (matzo, eaten during Passover) and Christianity (communion wafers).
The term appears in biblical contexts where leavening symbolizes corruption or haste: The Israelites fled Egypt with unleavened bread because there was no time for dough to rise.
- matzahUnleavened ritual flatbread
- PassoverFestival of liberation
- flatbreadUnleavened baked dough
- staff of lifeBread as fundamental sustenance
- flat cakeThin batter cooked level
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- flatbreadspita, naan, lavash, tortilla, roti
- Passoverseder plate, Passover, matzah, seder, charoset
- Biblical Foodsmanna, figs, grapes, olives, pomegranates
- ExodusMoses, burning bush, ten commandments, Red Sea, ten plagues
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Loaf expanded by fermentation
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