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How much Matzah must I eat?

by Rabbi Shlomo Chein




Other than during the Seder we have no obligation to eat any Matzah1, and you can therefore eat as much or as little as you like.

To fulfill the Mitzvah of eating Matzah during the Seder one should eat at least one Kazayit (lit. "olive"; a Halachic measurement the equivalent of approximately 0.90 oz.).

Ideally one should try to eat five Kazayits throughout the Seder: 2 Kazayits when we first eat the Matzah, 1 Kazayit with the Matzah Maror sandwich, and 2 Kazayits for the Afikoman.2


  • 1. There is only a prohibition not to eat Chametz (leavened products)
  • 2. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 119:5,7,8


Pertaining to Jewish Law.