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** (4) Rav Chaim Kanievsky in Shiurin Shel Torah (p. 66, 5750) writes that for the first [[Kezayit]] one should have 2/3 of a matza. (This is a retraction from what he wrote in Shiurin Shel Torah (p. 87, 5716) that a half of a matza is a kezayit).</ref> | ** (4) Rav Chaim Kanievsky in Shiurin Shel Torah (p. 66, 5750) writes that for the first [[Kezayit]] one should have 2/3 of a matza. (This is a retraction from what he wrote in Shiurin Shel Torah (p. 87, 5716) that a half of a matza is a kezayit).</ref> | ||
## According to Sephardim, some say that the [[Kezayit]] should be measured by the weight of 27 grams, and some say that it is measured by the volume and in weight the [[Kezayit]] comes out to be 20 grams. (The typical machine matzah is 30-32 grams. In general, the [[Kezayit]] can be calculated according to the weight printed on the box.)<ref> | ## According to Sephardim, some say that the [[Kezayit]] should be measured by the weight of 27 grams, and some say that it is measured by the volume and in weight the [[Kezayit]] comes out to be 20 grams. (The typical machine matzah is 30-32 grams. In general, the [[Kezayit]] can be calculated according to the weight printed on the box.)<ref> | ||
* Kaf HaChaim 168:46 quotes a number of Sephardi Achronim, including the Chida, who say that the minhag of Sephardim is to measure the [[Kezayit]] by weight. He writes that this is the common minhag even for measuring a [[Kezayit]] of matza. Rav Ovadyah in | * Kaf HaChaim 168:46 quotes a number of Sephardi Achronim, including the Chida, who say that the minhag of Sephardim is to measure the [[Kezayit]] by weight. He writes that this is the common minhag even for measuring a [[Kezayit]] of matza. Rav Ovadyah in Yechave Daat 1:16, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Maamar Mordechai 11:96), and Rav Chaim Dovid HaLevi (Aseh Lecha Rav 6:45) agree. Yalkut Yosef 475:4, therefore, rules that a [[Kezayit]] of matza is 27 grams. [In general, one machine matza is between 30 and 32 grams and so a [[Kezayit]] is .85-.9 of a matza.] | ||
* However, Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul (Or Letzion vol 3, p 30) argues that the minhag only developed when matza had a similar density to water, but because our matza is thin and dry, there is no need to be stringent to calculate based on weight. Accordingly, he calculated a [[Kezayit]] to be 29cc, which he says is less than 20 grams in weight.</ref> | * However, Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul (Or Letzion vol 3, p 30) argues that the minhag only developed when matza had a similar density to water, but because our matza is thin and dry, there is no need to be stringent to calculate based on weight. Accordingly, he calculated a [[Kezayit]] to be 29cc, which he says is less than 20 grams in weight.</ref> | ||
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