[Avodah] Gebrochts

[menucha]

a truly idiotic svara for gebrochts is brought- and refuted- in the 
Shaarei Teshuva OC460, a woman who saw her neighbor making matza meal 
pancakes (sufganin) and thought that it was ok to make regular flour 
pancakes on pesach.and did so....
menucha

Yitzchok Levine wrote:

> Dr. Josh Backon sent me the message below about Gebrokts
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> Then how did this minhag ta'ut originate ?? The RAAVAN (Pesachim 39a)
> mentions a 12th century custom where people would refrain (rightfully)
> from soaking the matza (for the seder) in wine or soup. But this was
> NOT because it would become chametz but because one couldn't fulfill
> one's obligation with soaked matza. Only these ignorami thought it was
> because soaking matza would make it chametz !
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