Food & daily life
Unleavened bread
Bread prepared without a fermented starter or leaven.
Also called Β· flatbread without yeast
What it means
Bread prepared without a fermented starter or leaven.
Because it does not wait for dough to rise, it fits the hurried departure from Egypt described in Exodus. Avoiding leaven became part of the annual festival that preserved that memory.
How it appears in the Bible
The Bible connects unleavened bread with Passover, seven festival days, and later figurative teaching about removing corrupting influence.