Pesach · Orach Chaim 460

Erev Pesach Matzah and Meal Restrictions

8 questions · 22 opinions

May a non-Jew, deaf-mute, imbecile, or child knead or bake the Matzot Mitzvah?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Prohibited Operators

Should one personally oversee and participate in the kneading and baking of the Matzot Mitzvah?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Personal Involvement

After leaven becomes prohibited, must one verbally annul dough fragments and crumbs at the time of kneading?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Annulment of Fragments

May one make shaped or decorated matzot?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Pictorial Designs

Should matzot be made thin (wafer-like) rather than thick?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Thin vs Thick Loaves

May one make thick matzot (a handbreadth or more in thickness)?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Thick Loaves Prohibited

May one make matzot filled with meat or cheese (pandeish / pladonish)?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Meat and Cheese Fillings

May one put whole eggs in matzah to bake together with them?

3 opinions across 2 eras