If one cannot eat matzah due to illness but needs to eat cooked foods on Pesach, may one skip the Ha-Motzi blessing and eat tebshil alone?
Synopsis
One who is too ill to eat matzah may eat cooked food (tebshil) without the Ha-Motzi blessing if no other option exists; afterward, matzah and its blessing are still required.
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