What is the Ashkenazi custom regarding kneading matzah with non-water liquids?
Synopsis
In Ashkenazi communities, the custom is to avoid kneading matzah with fruit juice entirely; even brushing baked matzah with these liquids is not done, except for the sick and elderly.
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