[Avodah] Pizza - is it Pashtida?

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

The common wisdom
Is that pizza slices are "pas habba bekis'nin"

My talmid chaveir [RNG] quewtioned this read, and had convinced me
otherwise, that pizza=pas period. IOW It is mostly like a grilled cheese
sandwich with sauce on it.

Today, seeing SA orach Hayyim 168:17 I am even more convinced.
"Pashtida baked in the oven with ....cheese, one makes Hammotzi"

MB 93: those filled with meat are normally eaten for hunger [unlike
small thin wafers eaten as kinu'ach. (EG wonton or keplach)]

Since a typical pizza slice is eaten as a se'udah like pas, and not a
nosh like a wafer, cracker, or piece of cake therefore like pashtida,
birchasso Hammotzi

Nevertheless, I try to wash on bread or matza instead of the slice itself
even when consuming a single slice.

Caveat: A pizza "hors d'oeuvre" is probably a legitimate pas habba
bekisnin

KT
RRW
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