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# One shouldn’t eat [[Matzah]] on Erev [[Pesach]]<ref>Yerushalmi Pesachim 10:1, Rif Pesachim 16a, Tosfot Pesachim 99b s.v. lo yochal, Maharam Chalavah 99b, Rosh Pesachim 3:7, Ritva Pesachim 99b, Meiri Pesachim 99b, Rama 471:2. When does the prohibition to have matzah begin? Baal Hameor 15b writes that it begins from the 6th hour when chametz is forbidden, while the Ramban argues that it is all day. Ran 16a defends the Baal Hameor. Rosh agrees with Baal Hameor.</ref> including the nighttime.<Ref>Magen Avraham 471:6. The Chok Yaakov 471:7 quotes the Shiyarei Knesset Hagedola that some have the custom to refrain from eating [[matza]] from [[rosh chodesh]] nissan. </ref> | # One shouldn’t eat [[Matzah]] on Erev [[Pesach]]<ref>Yerushalmi Pesachim 10:1, Rif Pesachim 16a, Tosfot Pesachim 99b s.v. lo yochal, Maharam Chalavah 99b, Rosh Pesachim 3:7, Ritva Pesachim 99b, Meiri Pesachim 99b, Rama 471:2. When does the prohibition to have matzah begin? Baal Hameor 15b writes that it begins from the 6th hour when chametz is forbidden, while the Ramban argues that it is all day. Ran 16a defends the Baal Hameor. Rosh agrees with Baal Hameor.</ref> including the nighttime.<Ref>Magen Avraham 471:6. The Chok Yaakov 471:7 quotes the Shiyarei Knesset Hagedola that some have the custom to refrain from eating [[matza]] from [[rosh chodesh]] nissan. </ref> | ||
# One should be strict not to have baked goods which include [[matzah]] meal such as [[Pesach]] cakes.<Ref>Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 8:117, Piskei Teshuvot 471:3. See Halichot Shlomo 8:4 who writes that it’s permissible if in the [[kneading]] the dough lost its form as bread.</ref> It is permissible to eat matzah in a cooked dish such as a matzah ball on Erev Pesach,<ref>Shaar Hatziyun 471:16, Shevet Halevi 8:117</ref> however, the minhag is to refrain.<ref>Nitai Gavriel (Pesach v. 2, 44:10) </ref> | # One should be strict not to have baked goods which include [[matzah]] meal such as [[Pesach]] cakes.<Ref>Rama 471:2, Mishna Brurah 471:20, Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 8:117, Piskei Teshuvot 471:3. See Halichot Shlomo 8:4 who writes that it’s permissible if in the [[kneading]] the dough lost its form as bread.</ref> It is permissible to eat matzah in a cooked dish such as a matzah ball on Erev Pesach,<ref>Shaar Hatziyun 471:16, Shevet Halevi 8:117</ref> however, some say that the minhag is to refrain.<ref>Nitai Gavriel (Pesach v. 2, 44:10). [https://www.star-k.org/articles/uncategorized/371/a-guide-to-shabbos-erev-pesach/ Rabbi Dovid Heber] writes that it is permissible to eat matza balls on Erev Pesach and does not write that there is any minhag otherwise.</ref> | ||
# Some have the minhag not to eat [[Matzah]] from 30 days before [[Pesach]] <ref>Mishna Brurah 471:12, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155 </ref> | # Some have the minhag not to eat [[Matzah]] from 30 days before [[Pesach]],<ref>Mishna Brurah 471:12, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155 </ref> some have the minhag not to eat [[Matzah]] from the beginning of the month<ref>Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155 says that such is the minhag of individuals </ref> and some have the minhag to eat it until Erev [[Pesach]].<Ref>Orchot Chaim Safinka 471:5 </ref> | ||
# One shouldn’t eat [[Matzah]] before [[Pesach]] which was made without intent for the mitzvah of eating [[Matzah]].<Ref>Halichot Shlomo 8:3, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=2115 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com]. See however, Machasit Hashekel 471:5 who implies otherwise. Meiri Pesachim 99b is also lenient.</ref> | # One shouldn’t eat [[Matzah]] before [[Pesach]] which was made without intent for the mitzvah of eating [[Matzah]].<Ref>Halichot Shlomo 8:3, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=2115 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com]. See however, Machasit Hashekel 471:5 who implies otherwise. Meiri Pesachim 99b is also lenient.</ref> | ||
# Sephardim allow eating egg matzah on Erev Pesach,<ref>Tosfot Pesachim 99b s.v. lo yochal, Rosh Pesachim 10:2, Ritva Pesachim 99b, Meiri Pesachim 99b, Tur and Shulchan Aruch O.C. 471:2. Magen Avraham 471:5 implies that matzah ashirah is flour made with fruit juice and sometimes even with water and can be eaten until the 10th hour on Erev Pesach. Mishna Brurah 471:10 agrees.</ref> while some Ashkenazim forbid.<Ref>Nitai Gavriel (Pesach v. 2, 44:7). See Rama 462:4</ref> | # Sephardim allow eating egg matzah on Erev Pesach,<ref>Tosfot Pesachim 99b s.v. lo yochal, Rosh Pesachim 10:2, Ritva Pesachim 99b, Meiri Pesachim 99b, Tur and Shulchan Aruch O.C. 471:2. Magen Avraham 471:5 implies that matzah ashirah is flour made with fruit juice and sometimes even with water and can be eaten until the 10th hour on Erev Pesach. Mishna Brurah 471:10 agrees.</ref> while some Ashkenazim forbid.<Ref>Nitai Gavriel (Pesach v. 2, 44:7). See Rama 462:4.</ref> | ||
==Eating on Erev Pesach== | ==Eating on Erev Pesach== | ||
# It is forbidden to eat Matzah on Erev Pesach as described above [[#Eating Matzah before Pesach]]. | # It is forbidden to eat Matzah on Erev Pesach as described above [[#Eating Matzah before Pesach]]. | ||
