it certainly is easier to make the korech sandwich with soft matza. that is why it is told in the name of hillel, who, being from bavel, followed the sefardi minhag
I’m surprised at the question. Have you never seen handmade “shmura” matzah? Made more or less the same way as it was hundreds of years ago. It is an all-manual labor process, though somewhat “industrialized” in that there is a production line with multiple people in most of the stations. Measure, mix, knead, puncture, bake/remove.. Mix only enough water and flour for the batch, break off a matzah-sized ball, quickly knead and roll out, make some punctures, place flat into a hot oven. Continue with the rest of the batch. All done in a cool-ish environment. After 18 minutes, stop,… Read more »
I don’t understand. I submitted a comment the Harav Hershel Schachter approves of soft matzah. (I misspelled his name) My comment was removed.
I reposted correcting the spelling and supplied a source for his hand written psak.
Again removed.
Were they temporarily removed awaiting approval or permanently removed and why?
it certainly is easier to make the korech sandwich with soft matza. that is why it is told in the name of hillel, who, being from bavel, followed the sefardi minhag
Bavel was neither Sephardic nor Ashkenazic. It predates the development of those communities. Your comment is well-meaning but completely incorrect.
No Ashkenazi tradition for soft matzot? What did they do before the industrial revolution?
I’m surprised at the question. Have you never seen handmade “shmura” matzah? Made more or less the same way as it was hundreds of years ago. It is an all-manual labor process, though somewhat “industrialized” in that there is a production line with multiple people in most of the stations. Measure, mix, knead, puncture, bake/remove.. Mix only enough water and flour for the batch, break off a matzah-sized ball, quickly knead and roll out, make some punctures, place flat into a hot oven. Continue with the rest of the batch. All done in a cool-ish environment. After 18 minutes, stop,… Read more »
Yes, matzah was not made that way for hundreds of years, but not 1500 years ago.
Rav Schechter, RIETS, wrote that there is no problem with Soft Matzah even for Ashkanazim.
HaRav Tzvi (Hershel) Schachter has no problem with soft matzah.
Source: https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.0d5c2356ebfb92b5ff5197b172209667?rik=di6EVhGjNKGy0A&pid=ImgRaw&r=0
I don’t understand. I submitted a comment the Harav Hershel Schachter approves of soft matzah. (I misspelled his name) My comment was removed.
I reposted correcting the spelling and supplied a source for his hand written psak.
Again removed.
Were they temporarily removed awaiting approval or permanently removed and why?