[Avodah] Gebrochts - Matza, Flour Outside or Inside - Can Anyone Substantiate This Today

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:33:31AM +1000, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote:
: The ShA HaRav writes
: "as can be readily seen, many baked Matzos have a little flour on their
: surface which is a consequence of the Matza dough not being thoroughly
: kneaded ...."

Mimah-nafshakh the AR is speaing about it being a big enough risk to
justify a minhag lehachmir, but not to the level of an issur. The AR
writes "Be'emes, ki gam she'eino isur gamur bubarur midina, m"m
hamachmir tavo alav berakhah." If it was normal for flour to be present
on matzos, it would be a risk one would not be allowed to take. And if
it was easy to see, no risk would be legitimate -- efshar levareir!

We need to understand his empirical claims accordingly. Not a statement
about something blatant that someone would notice without even a formal
survey.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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