Exodus 13:6-7 describes the rules on the use of leaven (yeast) by the Israelites, after they left Egypt. The Baking section of the Wikipedia article on yeast says that yeast was used to cause bread to rise in ancient Egypt.
Here's Exodus 13:6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory. (ESV) See also about chametz. The NIV says ". . . within your borders." The NASB agrees with the NIV, using "borders." The King James uses "quarters," which seems to put a different meaning on it, but the three modern translations I consulted indicate that the KJV is misleading on that point.
I ask the obvious question. Where did the Israelites get new leaven cultures after the yearly Passover celebration, when they were supposed to dispose of all the leaven they had?
I don't know, and I haven't been able to find anything resembling an answer. Perhaps you have one.
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April 22, 2009.
gluadys (see comment below) has provided a probable answer, namely that there is some yeast found in the grain, and, therefore, in the flour made from it. The Wikipedia article on "pre-ferment," on this date, says that sourdough starter relies on such wild yeasts (and bacteria). Thanks, gluadys!
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9 comments:
What is the process used in industry to create leaven? It seems to me that the Israelites would have had to be self-sufficient in this.
Yeast is a living organism. Industry, or anyone else, has to grow it from pre-existing leaven.
Thanks.
As long as they had flour and water, they would be able to make a pre-ferment for leavened bread.
This was the old way of creating a sourdough starter (before commercial starters appeared). Grain & flour naturally contain spores of wild yeast.
Also, if they had beer--and I don't know of any Passover rule that said to get rid of beer--the foam ("barm") that forms on fermenting beer is rich in yeast.
See Wikipedia on sourdough and pre-ferment.
Thanks, gluadys.
That's as good an answer as I've seen.
In the beginning God spoke to those who were following Him. Before we were here, Sons Of God were then living on this planet that was without form. Darkness covered the deep because Lucifer decided he would be equal to God, Thee Creator. When Adam & Eve disobeyed there Father
man became flesh as a curse to never have the gift of eternal life again
So in one account near Noah's Era. These Sons of God who lived n the heavens looked down and saw that the women were beautiful and procreate with them
During these times, or legends as in Hreek mythology
The Sons of God taught man everything. Yeast or levin being a fugas was taught by God through His fallen Sons. Angels of darkness or Gravity.
Thank you for your comment, anonymous.
Nonsense
Perhaps. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Thank you, Gladys!
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