[Avodah] Fake Matza - Hard Thin Matza is not a Baked Product ... it is not Bread = it is not Matza

Rabbi Meir G. Rabi meirabi at mail.gmail.com
Mon Mar 26 15:58:20 PDT 2018


is anyone prepared to reflect upon - the well accepted practice of treating
a NafuAch, a bubble in the Matza, as though it is Chametz.

= = = = Air Pockets
Kezayis is a volume not a mass and it is measured WITH the small bubbles
within the Matza that is described by the MAvraham, ShA HaRav, ArHaShulchan
and MBerruah as being Rachos VeAsuYos KeSeFof - soft and spongy. ONly large
air pockets need to be squashed down for measurement of Kezayis.
BTW this also puts paid to the well accepted practice of treating a
NafuAch, a bubble in the Matza, as though it is Chametz.


[Email #2.]

Halacha - Matza Should be Soft and Spongy - because that is the way it
always was. The onus is upon those suggesting that it may be a hard cracker
because there is no doubt that this is a break from, in fact a violation of
Mesorah.
We have actual living evidence of the tradition of how to make soft Matza,
from Ari&Ari. These Matzos, baked by the women of the Yemenite communities,
are soft and about the thickness of an adult's finger. The entire process
is completed within 5 to 6 minutes.


Even the Chazon Ish does not explain why it is preferable to make Matza
dough with as little water as possible.

The ChCh ate Matza that was not as thin or dry and hard as today's MeHudar
Matza

When I posted, "Halacha does however, reflect upon Matza being soft
spongy." the focus was essentially that in spite of the trend towards hard
dry Matza, Halacha makes no mention of it being the preferred Matza and
certainly is not critical or issues no warnings about soft authentic Matza.
I added 2.5 points
A] it is Mezonos
B] it is Mezonos than can NEVER become HaMotzi, no matter how much is eaten
C] it is not even in the running to be a bread since it is not baked but
just dried out - dehydrated dough is not bread - it is like corn/wheat
flakes -


[Email #3.]

So you dont like soft matzah
firstly it was nly one sample, try another.

Besides
it is AT LEAST a Hiddur Mitzvah ...
and is likely the only way to actually fulfil ones abligation
so put up with the dislike and eat it for the Mitzvah
enjoy crackers the rest of Pesach


[Email #4]

the ChCh and his generation were not eating Matza the likes of what we are
today consuming.
They were thicker and not baked quite so hard
once below 2% moisture, they will pretty much not spoil - like dried fruit
[although they also have a high sugar that helps]
which was the purpose of baking them not as soft which would go mouldy

This madness is driven by money making and one-up-man-ship
just like the Esrog Lulav craze, MGBTA=MayGdBlessThemAll

The ChCh would NOT make HaMotzi on our Matza
I doubt he would issue a public protest - that would only prompt a war and
plenty of LH

How badly that might shock various people is not ever an actual proof
it is a lefty argument of sensitivity and fake outrage

Our Matza is not bread
they have not been baked but simply dried out.
dehydrated dough is not Matza, it is not Mezonos, it is not Pas HaBaAh
BeKisnin

It is evasive to ask - Who says there is a Shiur on water / flour ratio
we have a Mesorah
and that is what must be preserved
those who wish to change it bear the onus of proving the change is
legitimate

Best,
Meir G. Rabi


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