Editing Matzah (section)

===Egg matzah===
The requirement for eating Matzah at the Seder cannot be fulfilled with "[egg] matza."<ref>{{cite web  |website=CRCweb.org
   |url=http://www.crcweb.org/ask_rav/eggmatzah.php
   |title=Egg Matzah for Pesach - cRc}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/1163475/jewish/Is-Egg-Matzah-Kosher-For-Passover.htm
|title=Is Egg Matzah Kosher For Passover}}</ref> 
[[File:Matza9197.JPG|thumb|Children preparing matzah ([[Ofra]], 2012)]]

"Egg (sometimes ''enriched'') matzah" are matzot usually made with fruit [[juice]], often [[grape]] juice or [[apple]] juice, instead of water, but not necessarily with eggs themselves.  There is a custom among some Ashkenazi Jews not to eat them during Passover, except for the elderly, infirm, or children, who cannot digest plain matzah; these matzot are considered to be kosher for Passover if prepared otherwise properly. The issue of whether egg matzah is allowed for Passover comes down to whether there is a difference between the various liquids that can be used.  Water facilitates a [[Fermentation in food processing|fermentation]] of grain flour specifically into what is defined as chametz, but the question is whether fruit juice, eggs, honey, oil or milk are also deemed to do so within the strict definitions of Jewish laws regarding chametz.

[[File:Matsa yeyən uşaqlar - 1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Children eating commercially made matzah ([[Azerbaijan]], 2018)]]

The [[Pesachim (Talmud)|''Talmud'', Pesachim 35a]], states that liquid food extracts do not cause flour to leaven the way that water does.  According to this view, flour mixed with other liquids would not need to be treated with the same care as flour mixed with water. The ''[[Tosafot]]'' (commentaries) explain that such liquids only produce a leavening reaction within flour ''if'' they themselves have had water added to them and otherwise the dough they produce is completely permissible for consumption during Passover, whether or not made according to the laws applying to matzot.

As a result, [[Joseph ben Ephraim Karo]], author of the ''[[Shulchan Aruch]]'' or "Code of Jewish Law" ([[Orach Chayim|Orach Chayim 462:4]]) granted blanket permission for the use of any matzah made from non-water-based dough, including egg matzah, on Passover.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askmoses.com/article.html?h=168&o=2068731 |title=Is Egg Matzah okay for Passover use? |author=Rabbi Shais Taub of Chabad-Lubavitch |website=Askmoses.com |access-date=2013-02-19 |archive-date=2007-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208222011/http://www.askmoses.com/article.html?h=168&o=2068731 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many egg matzah boxes no longer include the message, "Ashkenazi custom is that egg matzah is only allowed for children, elderly and the infirm during Passover." Even amongst those who consider that enriched matzot may not be ''eaten'' during Passover, it is permissible to ''retain'' it in the home.

====Chocolate-covered matzah====
Chocolate-covered matzah<ref>these are chocolate covered egg matzo, not the subsequently originated "chocolate matzo"</ref> was sold in boxes as a standard product, alongside boxes of egg matzah.<ref name=YeaRound>{{cite web
   |url=https://parade.com/842225/pambeth/chocolate-and-candy-covered-matzo-enjoy-all-year-round
   |quote=... was a little girl ... on the shelves 
   |author=Pam Beth  |date=April 14, 2017
   |title=Chocolate and Candy Covered Matzo-Enjoy All Year Round!}}</ref>

The matzah itself is not ''Hamotzi'' (meaning that it is ''Mezonot'').