{"id":6950,"date":"2011-03-16T23:30:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T21:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:45:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:45:15","slug":"04-16-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-16-30\/","title":{"rendered":"30.\u00a0Those Exempt from Matza and Maror<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

One who is incapable of eating a kezayit<\/strong> of matza (one third of a matza) should at least try to eat a portion of matza equivalent to a modern-day olive, because some poskim<\/strong> maintain that this is the true size of a kezayit<\/strong>. However, one may not recite the berakha <\/strong>of \u201cal<\/strong> akhilat<\/strong> matza\u201d<\/strong> over this amount of matza, because many poskim<\/strong> maintain that it is insufficient for fulfilling the mitzva to eat matza. Rather, he should fulfill the obligation to recite a berakha<\/strong> through the berakha <\/strong>of the Seder leader. If one cannot eat even the volume of a modern-day olive, it is still good to eat as much matza as he can, even a small amount.[27]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Regarding one who knows that eating matza will cause him to become ill or intensify an existing illness but will certainly not threaten his life, the poskim<\/strong> disagree over whether he is obligated to eat matza: according to R. Shlomo of Vilna, such a person is exempt from eating matza on Pesa\u1e25 (Binyan<\/strong> Shlomo<\/strong> \u00a747), whereas according to Maharam Schick, a sick person is only exempt from eating matza where there is mortal danger (O\u1e24 \u00a7260). The custom is to rule in accordance with the lenient opinion. (Regarding maror<\/strong> and the four cups of wine, which are rabbinic mitzvot<\/strong>, there is a consensus that one who will be consigned to bed if he eats them is exempt, as explained in section 7.)<\/p>\n

According to this, most people who suffer from celiac disease must eat a kezayit<\/strong> of matza on the Seder night, because a kezayit<\/strong> of matza will not cause them to become sick. Even if it will cause one to suffer somewhat, this is not considered sickness. However, people who suffer from severe celiac disease, and who know that they are liable to have a strong reaction to matza, are exempt from the mitzva of eating matza. Nowadays one can find matzot<\/strong> made from oats, which is better for people with celiac disease.[28]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n[27]<\/a>. It is implied by many Ge\u2019onim and Rishonim that a kezayit <\/strong>is the size of today\u2019s common olive, or c. 7.5 cubic centimeters. It is further attested that R. \u1e24ayim Volozhiner and the author of Avnei Nezer <\/strong>ruled according to this opinion. (See Peninei Halakha:<\/strong> Berakhot<\/strong> 10:5-6 and in the Har\u1e25avot<\/strong>.) Nevertheless, the standard ruling is to be stringent and follow the opinion of Tosafot <\/strong>that a kezayit <\/strong>is half an egg, as explained in n. 20. Even if one cannot eat the requisite amount of matza according to any opinion, he should at least taste some matza, as per Ma\u1e25zik Berakha <\/strong>\u00a7475 and AHS 477:3. MB 473:43 states the same idea regarding maror<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

[28]<\/a>. For the definition of one who is exempt due to illness, see R. Frank\u2019s Mikra\u2019ei Kodesh <\/strong>2:32, which cites two opinions. \u1e24azon Ovadia<\/strong> 1:33 and Tzitz Eliezer<\/strong> 14:27 are lenient. This is also what R. Harari writes in Mikra\u2019ei Kodesh<\/strong> ch. 7 n. 110, in the name of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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