[Avodah] : Re: Gebrochts

[Chana Luntz]

> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:14:06PM +0100, I wrote:
> > : Anyhow, my husband was busy wondering out loud on seventh 
> > : night how theymanaged in the days before freezers - and one of the old

> > : timers at the meal said that she remembered in India they used to hang
up 
> > : the matzos, and then when it was time to eat them they used to soak
them in 
> > : water to make them edible!  

And RMB writes: 
> > I think they baked their own in the middle of Pesach.

And RZS replies:
> Yes, they did, but what about Shabbat?

But even leaving aside shabbat, is it not a significant tircha to have to
bake every single day?  And how about for second night seder (these
communities were not in Israel, so they kept second day as well)?  How could
they bake on first day for second day - I can't think of a greater
preparation than that?  But surely they were not baking after nacht before
they started second seder?  Which would seem to suggest to me that they
*must* have baked at latest on the afternoon of the 14th for both first and
second seder.  But without a freezer, my best guess is this stuff would be
hard and pretty close to inedible by the time you got to second seder.

> Zev Sero                      The trouble with socialism is that you


Regards

Chana