Let’s turn our attention to shmurah matzah (or matzah m’shumeret). That’s the name for the kind of matzot that many observant Jews insist upon to fulfill the mitzvah of eating unleavened bread (akhilat matzah) at the Seder. Some, in fact, will not eat any other kind of matzah during all of Pesach. Usually (but not necessarily) hand-made, shmurah matzah is extraordinarily expensive;[1] still, it has undeniable aesthetic appeal. As the folks at Chabad put it, shmurah matzot are “similar to the matzot that were baked by the Children of Israel as they left Egypt. It is thus fitting to use shmurah matzah on each of the two Seder nights for the matzot of the Seder plate.” Continue reading More Good News from the Department of Unnecessary Stringencies – Passover Edition
