Wednesday, May 20, 2009

The food of the Eruv Tavshilin

Hi,

What sort of food does one use for the Eruv Tavshilin, beyond the idea (noted yesterday) that it should consist of a cooked food and a baked food?

1. Each food item should have a minimum of an olive-sized volume, to be considered significant. Some prefer an egg-sized amount for bread, if bread is used, since that's the amount that triggers a biblical obligation for birkat hamazon.

2. The foods should be the sort of food you would eat with bread at a real meal, rather than snack foods.

3. The foods should be respectable food items, to honor the mitzvah.

(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 527:3-4; Mishneh Berurah 527:8, 11)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

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