<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br>>>Was the matzoh oven run by chazal? Todays ovens also use modern technology<br><br>It doesn't take modern technology to get high temperatures. A simple wood-burning oven is heated<br>by lighting a fire in a structure, letting it get heated up, and then sweeping out the ash. The degree to<br>which the structure retains heat is the sign of a good oven, but the initial firing will be the heat of a fire.<br><br>According to this source (http://www.ask.com/question/how-hot-is-a-wood-fire) a wood fire can get as<br>hot as 1600F. <br><br>Here's a source for making your own wood fired oven out of mud, if you're so inclined: http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/build-your-own-wood-fired-earth-oven.aspx#axzz2ZviKp12s<br><br>SYS<br></div></body></html>