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Shemot 12:15 tells us: "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread". But our tradition (I don't know the source, sorry) is that we are required to eat matzah only at the seder(s). Otherwise, the c...
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passover
#1: Initial revision
by
Monica Cellio
·
2021-03-30T00:46:16Z (about 3 years ago)
Why aren't we required to eat matzah every day during Pesach?
Shemot 12:15 tells us: "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread". But our tradition (I don't know the source, sorry) is that we are required to eat *matzah* only at the *seder(s)*. Otherwise, the command is understood as "if you eat bread, it must be unleavened bread". Why aren't we required to eat *matzah* each day during Pesach? The language for Sukkot is very similar: "You shall live in booths seven days" (Vayikra 23:42), and that's what we do -- we are required to dwell in the *sukkah* each day, as well as taking the *lulav* each day (except when Shabbat overrides). Why is the Pesach case different?