Search and the other Reform websites:  Food Restrictions on
Passover Explained: Chametz and Kitniyot  Can We Eat Beans,
Rice, Corn, and Peas on Passover?  When was the last time you
remembered something? Did you remember something that you had
forgotten, or was it something you just hadn’t thought about in
a while? How did you remember? Was it by seeing, thinking,
smelling, tasting? What was the memory: hazy, blurry, sharp,
clear? It isn’t just scientists and biologists who know that
memory is often a complex and complicated process. Our ancient
tradition and rabbis knew this as well, and put all their
efforts into Passover. Therefore, something as seemingly simple
as food becomes a trigger for memory, or a reminder of the past:
our own past as well as our people’s distant past as slaves
under Pharaoh.  Perhaps, what first comes to mind when thinking
of Passover’s foods is matzah. What is it, beyond “square,” or
“round”? Boxes of matzah – that plain, flat, and, well, plain
unleavened bread – can most often be