{"id":5694,"date":"2011-03-04T13:06:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T11:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2021-03-22T12:08:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:08:36","slug":"04-13-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-13-06\/","title":{"rendered":"06.\u00a0The Prohibition on Eating Matza on Erev Pesa\u1e25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sages forbade eating matza on Erev Pesa\u1e25, so that it is beloved to us when we eat it at night and to distinguish between matza eaten before Pesa\u1e25 and the matza eaten as a mitzva during the Seder. This prohibition applies even to children who understand the meaning of the matza, which commemorates the Exodus from Egypt<strong>.<\/strong> It is permissible to feed matza on Erev Pesa\u1e25 to small children who do not understand this.<\/p>\n<p>The prohibition begins at dawn on the 14th of Nisan, though some choose to be stringent and refrain from eating matza from the beginning of Nisan. Others refrain from eating matza thirty days before Pesa\u1e25. However, the letter of the law only requires one to refrain from eating matza on the 14th of Nisan (MB 471:12).<sup><a href='#_te01ftn13_6' id='_te01ftnref13_6' class='aup1'>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Israeli hospitals and army bases ordinarily destroy <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> several days before Pesa\u1e25, because otherwise there is concern that <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> will remain in the kitchens and camps during Pesa\u1e25. Matza is served on the days leading up to Pesa\u1e25, so that the soldiers and patients have what to eat, but they must refrain from eating such <strong>matzot<\/strong> on Erev Pesa\u1e25.<\/p>\n<p>The prohibition against eating matza on Erev Pesa\u1e25 includes even small pieces of matza that have been kneaded with wine or oil. Even if such a mixture is baked, as long as the pieces are identifiable as matza, the blessing before eating them is \u201c<strong>ha-motzi<\/strong>\u201d and it is forbidden to eat them on Erev Pesa\u1e25. However, if after being kneaded and baked the pieces are no longer identifiable as matza, their <strong>berakha<\/strong> is \u201c<strong>mezonot<\/strong>\u201d and they may be eaten on Erev Pesa\u1e25 (implied in Rema 461:2 and MB <strong>ad loc.<\/strong> 19-20). Some <strong>poskim<\/strong> are more stringent, maintaining that even if the matza is crumbled like matza meal, kneaded with oil or wine, and baked into cake or cookies so that they are no longer identifiable as matza, it is forbidden to eat them. This is because one who eats enough of them to constitute a meal (\u201c<strong>kevi\u2019at<\/strong> <strong>se\u2019uda<\/strong>\u201d) still must recite the <strong>berakha <\/strong>of \u201c<strong>ha-motzi.<\/strong>\u201d Thus, it is apparent that they have not yet lost the status of matza, and consequently the prohibition applies to pastries made of matza meal (Gra, Rav Kook, and<strong> \u1e24azon Ish<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>However, all <strong>poskim<\/strong> agree that it is permissible to eat matza balls on Erev Pesa\u1e25, because after being cooked they no longer carry the status of matza. Even if one eats enough of them to constitute a meal, their <strong>berakha<\/strong> is \u201c<strong>mezonot<\/strong>,\u201d because they are a cooked food, not a baked good (MB <strong>ad loc. <\/strong>20). Moreover, even if one cooks a whole piece of matza the size of a <strong>kezayit <\/strong>or more, most <strong>poskim<\/strong> maintain that although its <strong>berakha<\/strong> is \u201c<strong>ha-motzi,<\/strong>\u201d one may eat it on Erev Pesa\u1e25 (as explained below 14:1).<sup><a href='#_te01ftn13_7' id='_te01ftnref13_7' class='aup1'>[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<a href='#_te01ftnref13_6' id='_te01ftn13_6'>[6]<\/a>. According to Rosh and <strong>Ha-ma\u2019or<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>the prohibition begins at midday. According to Maharam \u1e24alawa,<strong> Tashbetz, <\/strong>and Rambam in <strong>Magid Mishneh<\/strong>\u2019s reading, the prohibition begins at dawn<strong>.<\/strong> According to <strong>Or\u1e25ot \u1e24ayim<\/strong>, the prohibition begins from the time of <strong>bedikat \u1e25ametz<\/strong> on the night of the 14th. Rema rules that the prohibition begins at dawn, and this is the opinion of most A\u1e25aronim. However, <strong>Ben Ish \u1e24ai<\/strong> (Tzav 26) states that the prohibition begins on the night of the 14th.<\/p>\n<p><a href='#_te01ftnref13_7' id='_te01ftn13_7'>[7]<\/a>. Some authorities maintain that any matza that is not fit for the mitzva is permissible on Erev Pesa\u1e25; this is the opinion of Me\u2019iri<strong>, <\/strong>R. Yeshaya di Trani (Rid), and Rivash \u00a7402. Others maintain that anything that has the taste of matza is forbidden on Erev Pesa\u1e25, even if it is unfit for the mitzva. This position can be imputed to several Rishonim who permitted only egg matza (Rabbeinu Tam in <strong>Tosafot<\/strong> on <strong>Pesa\u1e25im<\/strong> 99b, Rosh<strong>, Mordechai, Tashbetz, <\/strong>and Maharsha; see above, 8:1). If one crumbles the matza and kneads it with oil or something sweet, whether he bakes it or not, there are some who maintain that as long as the <strong>berakha<\/strong> is \u201c<strong>ha-motzi,<\/strong>\u201d the mixture is forbidden, but if the <strong>berakha <\/strong>becomes \u201c<strong>mezonot\u201d<\/strong> it is permissible (SA 168:10). According to the stringent opinions, including <strong>Olat Re\u2019iyah<\/strong> (vol. 2 p. 243 \u00a722), any baked matza meal is forbidden on Erev Pesa\u1e25, since any products made from matza meal would still require the <strong>berakha<\/strong> of \u201c<strong>ha-motzi<\/strong>\u201d if eaten in the requisite quantities (they have the status of \u201c<strong>pat ha-ba\u2019ah be-kisnin<\/strong>\u201d). If one cooked the matza meal, even if the cooked dish still requires <strong>berakha<\/strong> of \u201c<strong>ha-motzi<\/strong>\u201d if eaten in the requisite quantities, he may eat in on Erev Pesa\u1e25 since its taste has changed. This is the opinion of MB 471:20 and SHT 19 <strong>ad loc<\/strong>. Some authorities are stringent; see below 14:1 and <strong>Ye\u1e25aveh Da\u2019at<\/strong> 1:91, n. 10. Nonetheless, all agree that one may eat less than a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> of cooked matza, as I wrote above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sages forbade eating matza on Erev Pesa\u1e25, so that it is beloved to us when we eat it at night and to distinguish between matza eaten before Pesa\u1e25 and the matza eaten as a mitzva during the Seder. 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