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When is it customary to begin kneading matzah for Pesach?

PesachMatzah Preparation

Synopsis

The custom is to not knead matzah mitzvah before the sixth hour on the eve of Pesach, timing it to the hour when the Pesach offering was sacrificed.

Shulchan Aruch OC 458:1Mishnah Berurah 458:1Mishnah Berurah 458:3Turei Zahav on Shulchan Aruch OC 458:1Magen Avraham 458:1Biur HaGra on Shulchan Aruch OC 458:1:1Aruch HaShulchan OC 458 (Sections 1-4)
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