[Avodah] soft matza

[Eliyahu Grossman]

I went to a seder where one yekki family brought their own soft ones and
offered to share, but I declined (I look forward to the burnt edges of the
sh'mura matzah all year!) Besides, it's not my minhag (nor is 3 hours
between meat and milk, since I'm not a yekki).

One a related not, a local fellow (who is very eclectic) made some sh'mura
kitniyot matzah as an experiment, with the intent to show them in a lecture
(used several different varieties to make this lumpy multi-colored shell).
He presented them to his father (a well known Rav) and asked his opinion,
bringing a kal v'chomer in support of their validity. The Rav's response was
that while they would be Kosher for Pesach, it's not their minhag to eat
them. In honoring his father/Rav, he didn't, but it was a cute experiment
nonetheless.

Eliyahu Grossman
Efrat, Israel

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:02:09 -0500
From: "Prof. Levine" <llevine at stevens.edu>
Subject: [Avodah] soft matza

At 06:31 AM 3/11/2011, R. Saul Z. Newman wrote:

>http://www.softmatza.com/ is there anything in halacha that assurs this 
>type of matza  for ashkenazim?

I do not know about you, but 2-4 matzos for $20 is a bit steep for me.

At http://www.softmatza.com/about.asp  it says, "People from Ashkenazic
lineage have a minhag (tradition) to eat Matza that is as thin as possible,
and therefore should consult their Rabbi to determine if they are allowed to
our thicker Matza. You can see from the pictures that each one is about 1/3
- 1/2 of an inch thick."

This matza looks like pita bread to me. :-) YL