1,131. Fulfilling the Obligation with Different Types of Matzah

Chometz u’Matzah 6:5

If a person makes dough from both wheat and rice and it has the taste of grain, he may use it to perform the mitzvah. If dough was made to feed dogs but the shepherds also eat it, it may be used to perform the mitzvah. If the shepherds don’t also eat it, it may not be used to perform the mitzvah because it wasn’t watched for the purpose of eating matzah. One may fulfill his obligation using matzah that was kneaded with fruit juice other than wine, oil, honey or milk, which are excluded because of the necessity for matzah to qualify as “poor bread” (lechem oni), as explained in halacha 5:20. Dough that was kneaded with any of these liquids cannot be used to fulfill one’s obligation. One likewise cannot use matzah that was made from thin or coarse bran to perform the mitzvah, though one may knead flour with its bran into a loaf and fulfill his obligation with that. A loaf made of very fine flour may be used to fulfill one’s obligation; we do not say that it fails to qualify as lechem oni.

Chometz u’Matzah 6:6

One may perform the mitzvah using matzah that was baked in an oven or a pot. This is so regardless of whether the dough was stuck to the pot before it was heated or whether the pot was heated before the dough was stuck to it. One may even perform the mitzvah using dough that was baked in the ground. One may fulfill his obligation even using matzah that was not fully baked so long as no strands of dough appear when the matzah is broken. One may perform the mitzvah using a matzah that was soaked as long as it hasn’t dissolved. One may not, however, perform the mitzvah using matzah that has been cooked because it doesn’t have the taste of bread.