The Hebrew word “hametz” is translated as leavened in english. And refers to food prepared from five species or types of grain–wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye–that has been allowed to leaven, to bulge or to puff up. 

Apostle Paul writes, “Therefore let us keep the feast of unleavened bread of Passover– not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” (I Corinthians 5:8).

The Hebrew word “Hametz” (leavened) means some thing that puffs up, to bulge, the state of being arrogant, or the methods which focuses on giving someone the skills of a career or a profession, but failing to give him/her the moral values of respect, kindness, and the rational wisdom of God’s knowledge. 

A person who posses a talent of being able to do something; but via his or her talents, there is also a pattern of negative reactions or traits of narcissism, pride, and arrogance which are caused due to the lack of moral values and godly teachings.

“That young man is a very good talented singer, but the bad manners of raping young girls is ruining his career“.

“I couldn’t believe when they told me that our science teacher was a child molester”. The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were in a leavened state before they were judged by God.


The western education system and it’s academic knowledge is considered as a type of leaven, which teaches students how to pursue after money. 


The success of one’s career depends on how good one trades (buys and sells) in within the industrial sector, thus leading to the ignoring of the needs of those who are less-fortunate, the suffering, and those who are oppressed by the political system.