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[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Zev Sero wrote:

> One theory on why Ashkenazim don't eat matza ashira on Pesach is
> that we're afraid that despite all our care water may have found
> its way into the mei peiros. Sefardim are not worried about this;
> they acknowledge that *if* water were present it would make
> chametz, but they're confident that with proper care one can keep
> water out. (And to go back to our earlier discussion, according to
> this theory there is no reason to distinguish Pesach from Erev
> Pesach. There's an issur de'oraisa to each chametz on Erev Pesach
> after noon, so if we're worried about egg matzah having become
> chametz on Pesach then we must have the same worry on Erev Pesach
> as well.

I agree with your explanation about the Ashk/Sfard difference; that's what I was taught too. But there still *is* reason to distinguish Pesach from Erev Pesach, because on Erev Pesach - even after chatzos - chametz is "merely" a lav, whereas on Pesach itself it is karays.

We're dealing with something that is not definitively assur by any shita. At worst, there is a fear that manufacturing errors may have caused it to become something other than our intended product. I can easily see why someone (or a community) would want to be machmir for an issur karays, but would rely on the mashgichim for an ordinary lav.

Akiva Miller

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