{"id":6940,"date":"2011-03-16T23:26:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T21:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6940"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:41:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:41:44","slug":"04-16-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-16-26\/","title":{"rendered":"26.\u00a0The Procedure of Eating Matza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hands are now washed with a <strong>berakha<\/strong>, and the Seder leader holds up the three <strong>matzot<\/strong> and recites the <strong>berakha<\/strong> of \u201cWho brings forth bread from the earth\u201d (\u201c<strong>ha-motzi le\u1e25em min ha-aretz<\/strong>\u201d). The top and bottom <strong>matzot<\/strong>, which are whole, constitute <strong>le\u1e25em mishneh<\/strong>. After this <strong>berakha<\/strong>, he puts down the bottom matza so that he is left with the whole top matza and the broken middle matza (which represents \u201c<strong>le\u1e25em oni\u201d \u2013 <\/strong>the \u201cbread of poverty\u201d) and recites the <strong>berakha <\/strong>\u201cWho sanctified us with His <strong>mitzvot<\/strong> and commanded us concerning eating matza\u201d (\u201c<strong>asher kideshanu be-mitzvotav ve-tzivanu al akhilat matza<\/strong>\u201d). Then he takes a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> from the upper, whole matza, and a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> from the middle matza, and eats them together.<\/p>\n<p>If there are many participants, it makes sense to add more <strong>matzot<\/strong> to the bottom matza, so that portions can be given to everybody. Once the Seder leader has finished distributing from the middle, broken matza, he no longer needs to give two <strong>kezeytim<\/strong> to the remaining participants, only one <strong>kezayit<\/strong>. Only when one distributes portions from the middle matza is it necessary to give a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> from the broken matza and a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> from the whole matza, but when the broken matza is finished, one gives only a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> to each person. However, as we have seen, in order to satisfy the opinion that today\u2019s eggs are smaller than those of the Sages\u2019 time, it is better to give each participant the equivalent of two thirds of a machine-made matza. It makes no difference whether this is given from one matza or from parts of two <strong>matzot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Seder leader should taste a little bit of the matza before distributing portions, in order to avoid an interruption between the <strong>berakha<\/strong> and the eating. After distributing matza to everybody, he reclines and eats two <strong>kezeytim<\/strong> with the intention of fulfilling the mitzva.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sephardic custom, the Seder leader dips the matza in salt before distributing it to the participants, just as he does throughout the year. Ashkenazic custom is not to dip the matza in salt, because without salt it appears much more like <strong>le\u1e25em oni<\/strong> (SA 475:1).<\/p>\n<p>Some people have a custom of giving each participant three <strong>matzot<\/strong>, so that everyone can have a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> from a whole matza and a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> of a broken matza, and neither the leader nor the participants have to wait to receive matza after the <strong>berakha<\/strong>. But many have the custom that the Seder leader distributes matza to everybody, and the fact that everyone eats together and that the Seder leader recited the <strong>berakhot <\/strong>on everyone\u2019s behalf enhances the mitzva. Others have a custom to put out three <strong>matzot<\/strong> before the head of each household, who distributes portions to his family members. Even though each of these practices is fine, it is best for the head of each household to distribute matza to his family members.<\/p>\n<p>The matza is eaten while reclining. One should have in mind to fulfill the Torah commandment, remembering that it is eaten in commemoration of the <strong>matzot<\/strong> our forefathers ate when they left Egypt for freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hands are now washed with a berakha, and the Seder leader holds up the three matzot and recites the berakha of \u201cWho brings forth bread from the earth\u201d (\u201cha-motzi le\u1e25em min ha-aretz\u201d). The top and bottom matzot, which are whole, constitute le\u1e25em mishneh. 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