27 Adar 5772
V. Massa
1. It is a Biblical command to eat massa (unleavened bread) on the first night of Pesah. It commemorates our ancestors not having time to allow their dough to leaven before baking, as they were chased out of Egypt. Also, massa is the 'bread of affliction' recalling the slavery.
2. Massa is made from flour of one of the five types of grains that can become hamess, kneaded with water and baked before it has a chance to begin leavening (rising). For this mitzvah one should obtain massa that has been under supervision that it did not come into contact with water from the grain harvest (massa shemurah).
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