<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:24 PM, R Davidovich <<a href="mailto:raphaeldavidovich@gmail.com">raphaeldavidovich@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I brought this up on a Hirhurim comment thread, but was ignored. So let me bring it up here.<br><br>Motzi-Matza. The practice of eating two k'zeisim is cited in shulchan Aruch O"C 475, even though it is only quoted by the Rosh, (and then of course the Tur) and not the Rambam or Rif, who say that one k'zayis is enough. At first and second and third glance, this seems to be based on the perceived need to have one kzayis from the top matza and one kzayis from the middle matza. "Ein Osin Mizvos Chavilos Chavilos" seems to mean we don't bundle mitzvos together, but take each one separately. <br>
<br>Raffy<br><br></blockquote><div>See Aruch Hashulchan who discusses this. I don' recall the precise details but if you were to ask me I what I got out of it is the following:<br><br><ol><li>You need one k'zayis for the mitzva,</li>
<li>You need SOME matza in addition for hamotzi</li><li>Where I am fuzzy is why that additional amount needs to be an entire k'zayyis [I saw it but I did not get it and I had no time to figure it out]</li><li>re: Eating 2 k'zaisim at the same time: it makes little sense to me, the important thing is just to not be mafsik and to coniually consuse as best as one can [iirc AhS agrees on this point.]<br>
</li></ol></div></div>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>