Yedi'os Klaliyos

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Yedi’os
Klaliyos

B’Taryag Mitzvos                                                                                                                                                           

בתרי״ג מצNNOות

חי נ וך מצוה י ׳

Matzoh

Highlights:

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eat matzoh on the night

going into the fifteenth

day of Nissan.

There is an obligation to

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made from the same

ingredients and could

look exactly the same but

one became chometz and

the other was watched so

that it did not become

chometz.

Chometz and matzoh are

•

grain that can be used in

making matzoh are:

wheat, barley, rye, oats,

and spelt.

There are five types of

•

matzoh must be drawn

before night fall and left

above ground the entire

night.

Water used for baking

Mitzvos Related to Pesach

There are twenty seven mitzvos Min HaTorah that deal exclusively with

the Yom Tov of Pesach (eighteen negative commandments and nine

positive ones). Most of the twenty seven mitzvos pertain to korbonos that

are brought on Pesach and do not apply today. Eleven out of the twelve

that are applicable today are related to chometz and matzoh. Chometz and

matzoh are made from the same ingredients and could look exactly the

same (two loaves of bread), but one became chometz and the other was

watched so that it did not become chometz.

Source of the Mitzvah

There is an obligation to eat matzoh on the night going into the fifteenth

day of Nissan

amount, the shiur (amount) that one is required to eat is a kezayis

obligation of eating a kezayis matzoh on the first night of Pesach is learned

out of the posuk in Parshas Bo that says …

dependent on the Korbon Pesach and therefore it applies today even

though there is no Beis Hamikdosh. This obligation applies to men, women, and slaves

(Eved Canaani). A person who does not eat a kezayis of matzoh the night of the

fifteenth day of Nissan transgresses this commandment

1. Like all food related mitzvos that have no specified2. This3 תאכלו מצות . This mitzvah is not4.

Makeup of the Matzah

Matzoh that is used for the mitzvah during the seder must be made with grain that

could become chometz if it was not watched properly

can be used in making matzoh are: wheat, barley, rye, oats, and spelt. Any other starch

that could be ground into flour is not qualified to become matzoh to fulfill the Torah’s

requirement

added, the matzoh would become disqualified for the mitzvah. This is because it has to

be Lechem Oni (the bread of a poor man) and having the flavor of the other liquids is

not considered Lechem Oni

water at all, it would not qualify as matzoh to be used for the mitzvah since it cannot

become chometz

Qualified Types of Matzoh

Matzah made from tevel or Maaser Rishon that had no terumah separated

from it does not qualify for this mitzvah

qualify for this mitzvah. If wheat or flour were stolen and then made into

matzoh, the matzah would qualify

Matzoh should be made

challah dough or terumah. Matzoh made from Bikkurim may

not be used since the matzoh has to be capable of being eaten

anywhere in Eretz Yisroel and Bikkurim can only be eaten in

Yerusholayim. Although Maaser Sheni must be eaten in

Yerusholayim, matzoh made from Maaser Sheini may be

used since it could be redeemed and eaten anywhere

9. Matzoh that was stolen does not10 but no brocho of Hamotzi or Achilas11. Kohanim could use matzoh made from hafroshas12.

Details of Making the Matzoh

Although Nissan is the last month of the winter, water that is

underground gets heated up from the sun before it rises

Warm water is not good for baking matzos since it makes the

dough become chometz much quicker. Therefore, water used for

baking matzoh must be drawn before night fall and left above

ground the entire night

A person who has no way of getting matzoh for Pessach may buy flour

from the market and make matzoh. It is preferable to buy kernels and

do the grinding yourself to make sure no water came in contact with it.

The most preferable matzoh is made from kernels that were watched

from the time they were harvested

dough should not be left unattended even for a second. The dough

would not become chometz unless it was left unattended for eighteen

minutes

13.14.15. Once the kneading begins the16.

1

חינוך ורמבם עשה קנח

2

מנחת חינוך אות ב

3

שמות י״ב פסוק י״ח

4

חינוך

5

רמבם פרק ו מהלכות חמץ ומצה הלכה ד

6

שו״ע או״ח סי׳ תנ״ג ס׳ א׳

7

משנה ברורה סי׳ תס״ב ס״ק ח׳

8

רמבם שם הלכה ג עם מגיד משנה

9

רמבם שם הלכה ז

10

שו״ע שם סי׳ תנ״ד ס׳ ד׳

11

משנה ברורה שם ס״ק י״ח

12

רמבם שם הלכה ח

13

רש״י פסחים דף מב. ד״ה שלנו

14

שו״ע שם סי׳ תנ״ה

15

שו״ע שם סי׳ תנ״ג ס׳ ד׳

16

שו״ע שם סי׳ תנ״ט ס׳ ב׳

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