[Avodah] Gebrochts - Please Pass the Kneidlach

Rabbi Meir G. Rabi meirabi at gmail.com
Sat Mar 24 06:29:57 PDT 2018


The Sha'arei Teshuvah (460:2) explains the Chumrah was initiated in
response to the Chametz risks associated with thick Matzos which were
specifically baked for making Matza Meal and tended to be under-baked [even
today specially baked Matza is used to provide a white flour - just try it,
crush some of regular Matza and see how heavily it is speckled with dark
spots - a BalaBustas nightmare]

The problem was not with combining it with water but that the Matza meal
was ALREADY Chametz. And so they issued a Chumrah to not eat the foods made
with such Matza Meal - until they stamped out that practice and made all
Matza Meal from Matza that was baked till it was hard and CRUSHED [whereas
the soft under-baked Matza was grated on a Rib-Ayzen, it could not be
crushed, it was soft]

Indeed, as R Micha notes, this means it was Assur even if the Matzah never got
wet.

However, it is not about how well the flour and water was mixed but about
how well it was baked.


Best,

Meir G. Rabi

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