[Avodah] A Solution in Sight For The Matzah Sensitive

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 03:03:13AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: R' Micha Berger asked:
:> But what I'm wondering is why wheat is preferable over spelt.

: I expected the answer to be similar to precedence in brachos, namely,
: that preference is given to what comes first in the pasuk "Eretz chitah
: us'orah..."

: But I was wrong.

A primary point in my post was that "chitah" in that pasuq refers to
wheat, spelt and rye. All 5 minim for matzah are subtypes of the two
in the berakhah, and spelt is a kind of chitah. Neither is first.

: MB 453:2 explains: "Because it is chaviv to a person, and it constitutes
: hidur mitzvah...."
: (I am very intrigued. It seems that the MB has given three different
: criteria - chaviv, chashuv, and te'avon - and I can easily see cases
: where they might yield different choices.)

QSA siman 55, when reordered in descending priority:
    1- Chavivus
    2- HaMotzi
    3- Mezonos
    4- haGafen/haGefen
    5- the 7 minim only when fully ripe and eaten in the way one fully
       enjoys it (as opposed to chewing raw wheat) other than the above:
       starting with whichever are closer to the word "eretz" (eg dates
       before grapes)
    6- whole fruit/vegetables over pieces
    7- ha'eitz before ha'adamah
    8- Last, shehakol

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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