Hacham Menini Bitan


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A few quotes from the Rabbi on 'Customs of Israel'
in which he teaches about the custom of reading Hallel psalms while baking matzah
The women in room knead the dough, and so that they not tarry, request help from the boys, who pour water for them on the dough in order to speed up the kneading. Immediately after, they pass the dough to the men leaning over the tables and the person standing at the head of the table distributes the dough to them. The kneading by the men begins immediately, and they break out in jubilant song, reading the Hallel with great joy and outstanding devotion. Once the matzah takes its form, the boys make holes in them and those standing bring the matzoth to the bakery as quickly as possible, to prevent its leavening, to observe "and they could not tarry". The singing of Hallel echoes between the bakery walls during the entire time the matzoth are being prepared and can be heard from afar.
Ish Eshkolot, p. 59, Yaacov Sabban. From Rabbi Menini, published by R. Cohen and M. Haddad at Yated Teshuva Printing, Safed, 1987
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