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A historical look at the controversy over machine-made matzah in the 19th century.
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[Music] Amer out of the 24 who were killed were Americans who had come to Lear Heaven I say 1 million Jewish children who were made to [Music] be th B whoever heard such beautiful words it is never too little it is never words it is never too little it is never too late and it is Never Enough Jewish history sound bites bringing alive the world of our glorious past here is our host live from Jerusalem Jewish historian and guide history sound bites and this episode special episode in honor of pesak we'll take a little break from our uh uh disc discussions and Series in in of zaris Russia we're going to get back to that Russia we're going to get back to that but I wanted to talk about the topic of the history of machine matah or at least part of the history to do all of it would be um Way Beyond the scope of one episode Just A Brief Review and the reason is is because my good friend um elezar Brut famous scholar he um he uh was involved with the publication of a new book um about the original um machine book um about the original um machine matah controversy in galitzia in the 19th century book in Hebrews I was just at his house the other day he lives right near me in bees and um so I purchased the book from him and was reading it the last few days and I discussed it quite a bit with him um and uh it's on my mind and it's a great topic and I figured in honor of pesak we'll do not exactly a review a book review I mean part of it we'll be discussing the book itself but um but part of it is just going to be just the history um it's an old old controversy
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- 1:04[Music] Amer out of the 24 who were killed were Americans who had come to Lear…
- 5:11misses the point there is some some some um material on out there that where where…
- 9:51or sometimes these Hala concerns became obsolete when new and better machines came uh were developed…
- 14:31permitted it because the matah is supposed to be round and these new matzas are square…
- 19:08special person who I knew very well she was still alive she was a graman her…
- 23:48machine matah no hand matah ever even by his seder he only ate machine matzer is…
- 27:55about it there's so much not known in Lithuania why dka Lithuania do we not know…
- 32:32or British history you will find this everywhere in the 19th century this was a very…
- 37:11thousands of other documented discussions of his he says said about r muger that muger did…
- 41:52stage of War also was opposed to the machine matah and he also saw the machine…
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