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 * Rav Chaim Noeh holds that for Matzah one should consider a Kezayit to be 27 cc. <ref>Midot VeShiurei Torah pg 184, Piskei Teshuvot 486:1 </ref>
 # Even though the widely accepted measurement of the Kezayit is according to Rav Chaim Noeh <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 6, Birur 1, pg 221) in name of Rav Elyashiv and Rav Shlomo Zalman </ref> for the mitzvah of eating Matzah one must be strict to hold a Kezayit of the Chazon Ish. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 9:8 </ref>
-# Someone who is sick and can’t eat so much Matzah can use the Kezayit evaluated according to a third of a KeBaytzah which according to Rav Chaim Noeh is 17.3. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 486:1, Halichot Shlomo (pg 214 pg 55) </ref>
+# Someone who is sick and can’t eat so much Matzah can use the Kezayit evaluated according to a third of a KeBaytzah which according to Rav Chaim Noeh is 17.3 cc. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 486:1, Halichot Shlomo (pg 214 note 55) </ref>
 ==Sephardim==
 # According to Sephardim, for Motzei Matzah, one should have two Kezayitim which is 54 grams and in machine matzahs that's 1 and 2/3 boards in some brands and 1 and 4/5 in other brands. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah pg 65 </ref>