[Avodah] Pizza - is it Pashtida?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Rich Wolpoe wrote:
> The common wisdom is that pizza slices are "pas
> habba bekis'nin". My talmid chaveir [RNG] questioned
> this read, and had convinced me otherwise, that
> pizza=pas period. ... Today, seeing SA orach Hayyim
> 168:17 I am even more convinced. "Pashtida baked in
> the oven with ....cheese, one makes Hammotzi"

Not everyone agrees that Pashtida is a special case, but they hold that it has the same halachos as ordinary Pas Habaa B'Kisnin.

Rav Daniel Wolf at Yeshivat Hat Etzion writes:

> This also explains the Shulchan Arukh's ruling (OC
> 168:17) that "pashtida", bread filled with meat,
> cheese, or fish, obligates a birkat ha-mazon and
> ha-motzi. Most Acharonim agree with the Magen
> Avraham that even an olive's worth of "pashtida"
> obligates birkat ha-mazon (against the Taz's
> approach, who views it as "pat ha-ba'a be-kisanin"). 
(http://www.vbm-torah.org/halakha/pizza.htm)

I have vague recollections that the Aruch Hashulchan might pasken like this little-known Taz, against the more well-known Magen Avraham.

CAVEAT: This post concerns only the Pashtida aspects of pizza, not any of the many other points which have been raised over the years.

Akiva Miller

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