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Yehuda Isseroff's avatar

This is an interesting article, but I strongly disagree with this: "across the religious spectrum the era of locally made matzah is over." In the modern orthodox circles and beyond (leaning right), hand-made matzah still reigns supreme for the Seder nights, and typically even after the Seder as well. Personal anecdote but my family eats more hand-made matzah than machine made matzah over the course of any Pesach. I don't know anyone who uses machine-made matzah at their Seder.

I do think this is interesting to think about by AI. As more and more creative tasks are taken over by AI, I think we will see a slow reversal to putting higher value on in-person encounters and experiences.

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Nathan Steiger's avatar

A great practical step would be to create and promote a how-to guide for at home matzah making. I have often googled around before Pesach for some kind of contemporary halachic guide but nothing seems to exist. Even if there are many recipes, folks online usual insist that you can't actually do it because "it's complicated" and "you might make mistakes", as if such similar concerns stop millions of Jews from keeping kosher! I assume that such a guide would not be challenging to create, if produced by a group of folks who collectively have knowledge of the relevant halacha and practical baking experience.

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