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And Beit Hillel permit one to bake bread in this manner. The Talmud asks: And how much thickness is required for the matza to be considered thick bread? Rav Huna said: This category includes matza that is a handbreadth thick. The proof is as we found by the shewbread, which could not be leavened a
Rav Yosef strongly objects to this explanation: If the rabbis said that it is permitted to bake bread a handbreadth thick for the shewbread, which was prepared by diligent priests who ensured that the dough did not become leavened, will they say the same with regard to other people who are not as di
Rav Yosef continues: If they said that bread a handbreadth thick is permitted in a case where the bread was cooked with dry wood, which was brought to the Temple during the dry summer months, as the heat generated from this type of wood would cause the bread to cook quickly before it leavened, will
R' Yirmeya bar Abba said: I asked my special Rabbi! and who is this? Rav. Some say that R' Yirmeya bar Abba said that Rav said: I asked my special Rabbi! and who is this? Our holy Rabbi! R' Yehuda HaNasi: What is the meaning of the expression: Pat ava? He explained that it means: A large quantity o
The Talmud asks: What is the reason for this prohibition against preparing a large batch? If the reason is due to the unnecessary exertion that is required to knead a large amount of dough, which is an improper activity on a Festival, why discuss particularly the application of this halakha to Passo