Required Amount of Matzah and Wine for the Seder: Difference between revisions
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## 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 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]].] | * 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) | * Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Yalkut Yosef Brachot 5771 p. 135) quotes his father as holding that the minhag is to use weight for a kezayit even regarding matzah where there is a real difference. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?a=93324 Rav Avraham Yosef] agrees that we use weight even to measure a kezayit of matzah and not volume. | ||
* However, Rav Yehuda Bracha in Birkat Yehuda (v. 5 siman 41) argues that it is acceptable to use volume for matzah and quotes Rav Ovadia Yosef as agreeing that it is acceptable to rule in that fashion. [https://www.kore.co.il/viewArticle/123940 Rav Dovid Yosef] also quotes Rav Ovadia Yosef as agreeing that one can follow volume and that is how Rav Dovid rules. [https://youtu.be/MTqzG8yph0I Rav Gideon Ben Moshe] also holds that one can follow volume for matzah. Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul (Or Letzion vol 3, p 30) as well writes 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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