Can you eat matzah

Many Jews choose to use shemurah matzah, especially hand-made shemurah matzah, for fulfillment of the obligation to eat matzah at the seder. The eating of matzah is a positive commandment as opposed to not eating hametz, which is a negative commandment that takes place at a specific time. There is a general rule in talmudic literature that women are exempt from positive commandments that take place at a specific time Mishnah Kiddushin Indeed, women are exempt from reciting the shema , wearing tefillin both in Mishnah Berakhot , sitting in the sukkah Mishnah Sukkah , shaking the lulav , blowing the shofar, and wearing tzitzit all three in Bavli Kiddushin 33b.

On the other hand, women are obligated to observe other positive, time-specified commandments such as fasting on Yom Kippur Bavli Sukkah 28a , lighting Hanukkah candles Bavli Shabbat 23a , reciting the megillah on Purim Bavli Megillah 4a , and eating three meals on Shabbat Rabbenu Nissim on Shabbat 44a.

Based on the association of not eating hametz with the positive command of eating matzah akin to the midrash of Rabbi Shimon, above , women are also obligated to eat matzah at the seders Bavli Pesachim 43b. For that matter, women are also obligated to drink the four cups of wine Bavli Pesachim a-b , to recite the Haggadah, and to chant the Hallel psalms of praise at the seder Mishnah Berurah Hametz is prohibited on Passover.

On Shabbat Hamotzi is usually said over challah. Falls in the Hebrew month of Kislev, which usually corresponds with December. Together with the Gemara, it makes up the Talmud. In Israel, Jews have a seder only on the first night of Passover. Yom Kippur. Passover is one of the major festivals of the year where the home rituals are of such significance and importance that they overshadow those done in the community. Kagan , Mishna Berurah , Bei'ur Halacha , s. B'Erev , questions Magen Avraham 's ruling.

Rambam, op. There are three opinions regarding the timeframe of this prohibition. Ramban , Milchamot HaShem , Pesachim 15b, states that the prohibition against eating matzah corresponds with the time of bedikat chametz. Accordingly, it is prohibited to eat matzah the entire Erev Pesach, including the night before Pesach. Rabbeinu Nissim , Pesachim ad loc. Ya'akov Reischer , Chok Ya'akov , is of the opinion that the prohibition begins at day-break.

Rama , Orach Chaim , rules that it is prohibited to eat matzah the entire day. Chok Ya'akov , op. However, Magen Avraham , implies that the prohibition starts the night before Pesach.

Tosafot, Pesachim 99b, s. Lo Yochal , present the following problem: If, according to their approach, it is permissible to eat everything except matzah until the beginning of Pesach and it is prohibited to eat matzah the entire day of Pesach, what exactly is prohibited in the last quarter of the day?

Tosafot answer that the prohibition against eating matzah on Erev Pesach only applies to matzah that one can use to fulfill the mitzvah at the Seder. However, it is permissible to eat matzah ashirah matzah that was kneaded with liquids other than water on Erev Pesach. Nevertheless, during the last quarter of the day, one may not eat matzah ashirah. Tosafot were forced to conclude that the prohibition against eating matzah only applies to matzah that one can use to fulfill the mitzvah at the Seder because of their assumption that minei targima are products that one recites Borei Minei Mezonot when eating Therefore, the prohibition against eating during the last quarter of the day implies that matzah ashira is permissible the rest of the day.

However, for Rambam, minei targima are not matzah products and the prohibition against eating during the last quarter of the day can even apply to fruits and vegetables if one fills oneself on them.

As such, the Vilna Gaon suggests that Rambam prohibits eating all matzah products on Erev Pesach, even if one cannot use them to fulfill the mitzvah at the Seder.

Mishna Berurah , permits eating matzah products that are not valid to fulfill the mitzvah at the Seder such as cooked matzah balls kneidlach. The blog Cheese and Champagne found a simple version with cheddar to be lacking in comparison to the standard, so maybe this is the time to get creative—Grilled Shane combines charoset and brie, which sounds like a perfect flavor combination, and Doves and Figs soaks the matzo in Passover wine before grilling with cheddar, for a "drunken Passover grilled cheese.

Matzo Salad. A lighter idea comes from Diets in Review, a variation on panzanella —a salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and basil with matzo pieces in place of the traditional bread cubes. Even better, it can replace the flatbread in the Middle Eastern salad called fattoush , as offered by Two Lazy Gourmets. The Kitchn calls this caramel and chocolate—topped matzo candy "matzo crack. If you like the flavor combination of wine and chocolate and if you don't, who are you?

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