[Avodah] Shehecheyanu on Matza

[Lisa Liel via Avodah]

On 10/1/2015 3:19 PM, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
>
> I'm shocked, and I'm not exaggerating. Is there no Shehecheyanu on the 
> mitzva of eating matza?
>
> We say Shehecheyanu on the mitzva of shofar, and on the mitzva of 
> reading Megilas Esther. Why not on matza?

Matza is gross.  It's the bread of affliction in more ways than one.  
Yes, there may be people who like it, but I think they're in the 
minority.  To say shehecheyanu on matza or maror would, IMNSHO, verge on 
a bracha l'vatala.

Lisa