Alternate forms of this ritual object include the "kikar" and the "rakik."
Alternate forms of this ritual object include the "kikar" and the "rakik." Following Passover, there is a tradition that emerged from the Ukraine to engage with a form of this object that is shaped like a key, and which is called the "shlissel" form of it. In order to be "yotzei," or compliant, with requirements involving it, a follower must surpass a unit known as a "k'zait" and which derives from varying interpretations on the size of objects obtained by the biblical "meraglim," the spies from Deuteronomy.  Prior to usage of this object,  one conducts the "netilat yadayim" and says the "ha-motzi" blessing, and afterwards recites "birkat ha'mazon," with additional blessings if he is with at least two or nine other males. It is notably consumed with honey in the period following Rosh-Hashanah. Some rabbis exempt those with Celiac disease from requirements involving it, while others require usage of gluten-free alternatives. Replaced with Matzah during Passover this is, for 10 points, what Jewish ritual bread?
Alternate forms of this ritual object include the "kikar" and the "rakik."
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