[Avodah] The Beracha on Matzo

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 12:55:34PM +0000, Professor L. Levine via Avodah wrote:
: >From today's Daf Hayomi B'Halacha

: The poskim discuss how matzos eaten throughout the year relate to the
: previous halacha. Some poskim consider them mezonos, and this is the
: Sefardic custom.... On Pesach, the proper beracha is hamotzi according
: to all opinions, since matzo is the bread on those days.

We are speaking about crispy matzos, and the mezonos would be because
they raise pas haba bekisnin issues. And like any other PhBbK, they are
mezonos when in a form one wouldn't be qoveia se'udah on, and hamotzi
when they are used like bread.

What I do not understand is why Sepharadim would make a hamotzi on
Pesach, "since matzo is the bread on those days." What about those
Edot for whom crispy matzos never became a norm for Pesach? For them,
Ashkenazi crackers are not the normal bread for Pesach. What am I
missing?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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