Is hummus kosher for Passover

Answer 1

Hummus is certainly Middle Eastern, and has always been popular in Syria, Jordan and Egypt. While it's certainly a staple in Israel, it didn't necessarily originate there. Like many Middle-East foods, it's virtually impossible to trace its origin as the cultures are ancient, movement and migration has always been fluid, and the ingredients are native to the entire region.

Many "Israeli" foods are borrowed from the surrounding Middle Eastern cultures as Jews migrated from these areas - Morocco, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Egypt, etc. -- and brought with them rich culinary traditions. "Jewish" food is generally thought of as the Ashkenazi variety from Central and Northern Europe: foods like kugel, kreplach, cholent, k'naidel, and borsht. They often have Yiddish names, as the people spoke Yiddish in addition to the various regional languages.

As is clear from the above, through the centuries Jews have been spread across the globe, and been part of various cultures, regional influences and have experienced culinary exposure. It's thus difficult to nail down any single uniquely "Jewish" food.

Answer:

It is believed that Hummus is mentioned in Bible in Ruth 2-14 when Boaz tells Ruth to come and dip her food into the sauce. The word used in The Bible is Humutz (Hummus) and similar to the modern Hebrew word Himtza. It appears from Biblical passages Hummus is mentioned as a Jewish food long before mentioned as an Arab food.

Answer 2

Yes; and maybe no. Hummus is the shortened form of the name hummus bi-tahina, which means chickpeas with ground sesame seeds. The word comes into the English language by way of the Turkish. For the Turkish word is humus. But the word in other Muslim countries more commonly is hommos, houmos, or hummus. In fact, the Turkish spelling generally isn't used by English language speakers, who link the Turkish spelling with the spelling of the organic matter-rich type of soil. Hummus is one of the dishes that's found in Egyptian cuisine. But it may not have started out in Egypt. The origins of the word and of the food are controversial. For chickpeas have a long, long history of being grown and eaten throughout the modern Middle East, and way back into ancient times. But the earliest verifiable reference to the food only goes back to the 18th century, in the modern Syrian capital of Damascus. A document of the time describes hummus as Syrian, and unknown elsewhere. But Syria was part of the Ottoman Empire, and therefore called Ottoman Syria. Ottoman Syria actually included southernmost Turkey and northern Iraq. It also included the historic countries of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. And its commercial and cultural capital was Aleppo, in present-day Syria. The lack of an authoritative paper trail notwithstanding, the Association of Lebanese Industrialists asserts a Lebanese origin. Indeed, in October 2008, they requested protected status to hummus, as uniquely Lebanese, from the European Commission. For the Commission grants protected geographical status rights similar to those held by member countries of the European Union.

Answer 3

In Israel you can get kosher for Passover hummus. However, it is classified as kitniyot and therefore isn't eaten by Ashkenazi Jews. As a result, outside of Israel, you aren't going to find kosher for Passover hummus.

Answer 4

There are both kosher and non-kosher brands of hummus.

Answer 5

No, it is a greek dip