The high-calorie matzah is considered in the Basic Book of Kabbalah to have tremendous virtues, and even a real vaccine. • Last year, matzahs were distributed against the corona virus.
Handmade matzah
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David Cohen Ginny
Matzah is just bread from dough that does not rise?
- Feel free to think about it again.
The Book of Zohar, the basic book of the Kabbalah, praises the matzah and calls it "Michla Damahimnota", that is, "the food of faith", and also an equally binding name: "Michla Dasvata" - "the food of medicine".
Therefore, in many Hasidic communities the matzah, and in particular the reserved matzah of Seder night, is considered to have a special virtue for healing the sick, and in Chabad Chassidut there is even a story about a doctor who was a follower of Rabbi Passover matzah to grind them and make medicines from them.
On Pesach of the previous year, by the way, Chabad followers distributed reserved matzahs around the country in the hope that it would be useful in the war against the spread of the corona virus. Indeed, data from the Ministry of Health from that period show a significant decrease 20 patients in the period after, but this decrease is attributed to the strict closure that began on the eve of Passover and not to eating matzah during the holiday.
Ordinary matzah has no nutritional value and is rich in calories in relation to its weight, not to mention the side effects involved in eating it in terms of the functioning of the digestive system, and yet the glow likens the matzah to medicine.
In fact, the authors of the Zohar claim that matzah is a kind of vaccine that the Israelites received when they left Egypt, and liken it to the king's only son who fell ill and wanted to eat food, and to allow the king's son to eat, doctors advised him to eat no other food before eating. Eat whatever he wants - without it harming him.
Eating matzah is perceived in Zohar as a spiritual medicine whose eating heals the human psyche, since unlike apple bread which represents pride, flat matzah is perceived as actually representing the humility and humility of man.
Similarly, the shea, whose job it is to leaven the dough and puff it, is perceived as representing the evil instinct that causes a person to "swell" and be proud of his power.
Thus, the matzah, in which there is no light, is a food that represents the good instinct and faith in God as the Creator of the world and its leader.
So is matzah really a medicinal food that affects the body?
If we ask doctors and nutritionists, it is likely that the answer we will receive will be negative, and yet, eating matzah is an important mitzvah, the benefit of which, even according to the Zohar, is precisely on the spiritual plane of faith.
enjoy your meal!
