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==How to make the Brachot== | ==How to make the Brachot== | ||
# One should take the Matzahs, the whole one on bottom, the broken one in middle, and another whole one on top, and make the Bracha of [[HaMotzei]]. Then one should drop the bottom [[matzah]] which is whole and make the Bracha of Al Achilat [[Matzah]].<Ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 475:1, Mishna Brurah 475:2. Mishna Brurah (475:2) explains that the reason we take three matzot for hamotzei is because we are trying to satisfy two different approaches. The two whole matzot serve as lechem mishneh, the requirement of having two whole loaves of bread on Shabbat or Yom Tov. The third matzah, or the broken piece of matzah, represents the poor man who does not have a complete piece of matzah. In developing this further, the Shulchan Arukh HaRav (475:4-5) explains that for al akhilat matzah one should place the bottom matzah down since al akhilat matzah applies to the top matzah or the middle broken piece.</ref> | # One should take the Matzahs, the whole one on bottom, the broken one in middle, and another whole one on top, and make the Bracha of [[HaMotzei]]. Then one should drop the bottom [[matzah]] which is whole and make the Bracha of Al Achilat [[Matzah]].<Ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 475:1, Mishna Brurah 475:2. Mishna Brurah (475:2) explains that the reason we take three matzot for hamotzei is because we are trying to satisfy two different approaches. The two whole matzot serve as lechem mishneh, the requirement of having two whole loaves of bread on Shabbat or Yom Tov. The third matzah, or the broken piece of matzah, represents the poor man who does not have a complete piece of matzah. In developing this further, the Shulchan Arukh HaRav (475:4-5) explains that for al akhilat matzah one should place the bottom matzah down since al akhilat matzah applies to the top matzah or the middle broken piece.</ref> | ||
# Then one should break off a piece from the top and middle Matzahs to have a [[Kezayit]] from each.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 475:1. Mishna Brurah (475:9) explains that one needs to eat a k'zayit from both the whole matzah as well as the broken one because some argue that the berakhah of al akhilat matzah applies to each of these matzot. Accordingly, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomoh ch. 9, n. 40) writes that if the three matzot that the head of the household is using does not suffice for everyone to have two kezaytim, each person should just have a piece from the top matzah and then supplement it by eating other available matzah up to the necessary k'zayit. He explained that according to Mishna Brurah, if one isn’t eating from the head of the household’s matzot, there exists no doubt as to which matzah the berakhah of al akhilat matzah applies. Alternatively, Rav Hershel Schachter (Eretz HaTzvi p. 40-1) explains that the reason to require two kezaytim of matzah is to satisfy a) the mitzvah of matzah, b) the mitzvah of seudat yom tov. </ref> The best way to do that is to eat both pieces simultaneously. If one is not able to eat both together, one should eat the piece from the top [[Matza]] first <ref>Shulchan Aruch HaRav 475:6-7 </ref> | # Then one should break off a piece from the top and middle Matzahs to have a [[Kezayit]] from each.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 475:1. Mishna Brurah (475:9) explains that one needs to eat a k'zayit from both the whole matzah as well as the broken one because some argue that the berakhah of al akhilat matzah applies to each of these matzot. Accordingly, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomoh ch. 9, n. 40) writes that if the three matzot that the head of the household is using does not suffice for everyone to have two kezaytim, each person should just have a piece from the top matzah and then supplement it by eating other available matzah up to the necessary k'zayit. He explained that according to Mishna Brurah, if one isn’t eating from the head of the household’s matzot, there exists no doubt as to which matzah the berakhah of al akhilat matzah applies. Or Letzion 3:15:12 agrees. Alternatively, Rav Hershel Schachter (Eretz HaTzvi p. 40-1) explains that the reason to require two kezaytim of matzah is to satisfy a) the mitzvah of matzah, b) the mitzvah of seudat yom tov. </ref> The best way to do that is to eat both pieces simultaneously. If one is not able to eat both together, one should eat the piece from the top [[Matza]] first.<ref>Shulchan Aruch HaRav 475:6-7 </ref> | ||
==Leaning while eating the Matzah== | ==Leaning while eating the Matzah== | ||
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* Not Torat Pat: A third interpretation of the gemara is whether cooking makes the matzah not be considered bread as it invalidates it's status of bread. Indeed some say that as a result of Rabbi Yosi, cooked matzah is mezonot. This is the opinion of the Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 41a s.v. yotzin, Rash Challah 1:5, Bahag (cited by Tosfot Harosh Brachot 38b), and Shiltot (Tzav 77, cited by fnt. to Tosfot Harosh). | * Not Torat Pat: A third interpretation of the gemara is whether cooking makes the matzah not be considered bread as it invalidates it's status of bread. Indeed some say that as a result of Rabbi Yosi, cooked matzah is mezonot. This is the opinion of the Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 41a s.v. yotzin, Rash Challah 1:5, Bahag (cited by Tosfot Harosh Brachot 38b), and Shiltot (Tzav 77, cited by fnt. to Tosfot Harosh). | ||
* In summary, does matzah need "the taste of matzah"? The following rishonim and achronim require that matzah taste like matzah: Rashba Brachot 38b s.v. lo, Raah Brachot 38b s.v. vmeyhu, Ritva Brachot 38b s.v. ad kan, Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 41a s.v. yotzin, Meiri Brachot 38b s.v. linyan, Peni Yehoshua 38b s.v. vani, and Magen Avraham 475:11. The following rishonim don't require that matzah taste like matzah: Rabbenu Yonah (Brachot 27a s.v. mishum) writes explicitly that there's no need to have the taste of matzah. It would also seem that this is the approach of the Tosfot Harosh (Brachot 38b s.v. ad) and Tosfot Pesachim 41a s.v. aval. Meiri Pesachim 115b s.v. mi quotes some who say this but rejects them.</ref> | * In summary, does matzah need "the taste of matzah"? The following rishonim and achronim require that matzah taste like matzah: Rashba Brachot 38b s.v. lo, Raah Brachot 38b s.v. vmeyhu, Ritva Brachot 38b s.v. ad kan, Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 41a s.v. yotzin, Meiri Brachot 38b s.v. linyan, Peni Yehoshua 38b s.v. vani, and Magen Avraham 475:11. The following rishonim don't require that matzah taste like matzah: Rabbenu Yonah (Brachot 27a s.v. mishum) writes explicitly that there's no need to have the taste of matzah. It would also seem that this is the approach of the Tosfot Harosh (Brachot 38b s.v. ad) and Tosfot Pesachim 41a s.v. aval. Meiri Pesachim 115b s.v. mi quotes some who say this but rejects them.</ref> | ||
#Some say that everyone besides the head of the house can eat only one kezayit if the head of the house's matzot aren't enough for everyone to get two kezaytim. See [[Required Amount of Matzah and Wine for the Seder#How%20much%20Matzah%20should%20one%20eat%20at%20the%20Seder%253F|details here.]] | |||
==How to eat it== | ==How to eat it== | ||
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[[Category:Pesach]] | [[Category:Pesach]] | ||
[[Category:Seder]] | [[Category:Seder]] | ||
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