public service announcement

[cellio]

When Streit's writes, on the package of egg matzah (which is much tastier than the plain sort), "egg matzos may be eaten only by the infirm, aged or children according to Shulchan Aruch", what they mean is "...in order to fulfill the obligation at the seder specifically". Why they don't say that is beyond me. It confused me the first year I was paying attention (so I asked), and I was just reminded of it by the box of matzah sitting on my desk here at work. (The rest of the week you don't have to eat matzah at all if you don't want to; you just have to not eat chametz.)

Comments

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I, too, had heard that the kitniyot restriction was because of resembling leavening.

I'm still avoiding kitniyot this year except for peanuts and soy products, because I am a wreck without my morning protein shake and I need to be firing on all burners for my early morning classes. But I've been feeling a tad guilty about it, because I always assumed that if you're going to personally feel like you were delivered from a difficult situation, then Pesach has to be a little difficult (and if it bugs you, you're supposed to remind yourself that at least you're not in slavery--to put your troubles in perspective). So by that logic I'm *supposed* to have trouble finding an alternate breakfast so I can feel happier after Pesach is over.