Passover/Pesach With Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

"Breaking Bread" ~ The Haggadah in Depth, Episode #42 is about the Matzah Blessings at the Seder!


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Having learnt lots on the meaning, and impact of eating Shemurah Matzah at the Seder, we now move into practice mode, focusing on the Halachik etiquette that precedes the sacred consumption of these Mitzvah Wafers on this hollowed Night. This scholarly analysis about the correct Holding Pattern for the 3 Seder Plate Matzot will introduce us to an array of sources and differing schools of thought, with some very different conclusions. A unique system of sourcing will putatively provide us with the reasoning for the resolution reached, as well as give us a grasp of the interplay between the specific requirements of Matzah on Pesach vs the Challah Bread eaten at other formal Yom Tov repasts honouring the Chagim (Biblical Festivals).

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Passover/Pesach With Rabbi Mendel KaplanBy Rabbi Mendel Kaplan