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“And you shall guard the matzot” (Exodus 12:17). This verse teaches that one may use only matza that has been guarded from becoming leavened for the purpose of matza, i.e., with the intention of fulfilling one’s obligation of matza with it. This explanation excludes this matza, which was prepared f
Rav Yosef said a different reason: One may not use matza prepared for a nazirite or a thanks-offering because the verse states: “7 days you shall eat matzot” (Exodus 12:15), which indicates that one can fulfill his obligation only with matza that can be eaten for all 7 days. This requirement exclud
The Talmud comments: It was taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rabba, and it was taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rav Yosef. The Talmud elaborates: It was taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rabba: I might have thought that one can fulfill
It was taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rav Yosef: I might have thought that a person can fulfill his obligation to eat matza with the loaves of a thanks-offering or a nazirite’s wafers; therefore, the verse states: “7 days you shall eat matzot,” from which it is inferred tha
The Talmud asks a question of both opinions: And let him derive this halakha, that one cannot fulfill his obligation to eat matza with the loaves of a thanks-offering or a nazirite’s wafers, from the phrase “bread of affliction [leḥem oni]” (Deuteronomy 16:3). According to R' Yosei HaGelili, this ph