Boiled Matzah in Chocolate - Erev Pesach
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Question
Is it permissible to eat matzah boiled in chocolate on Erev Pesach as if it were boiled in water?
Answer
Hello Rabbi
Cooking in any liquid is considered cooking.
Therefore, according to the law, it is permissible to eat it on Erev Pesach. [However, there is room for stringency].
Source
Mishnah Berurah, Siman 471, S"K 20
Matzah boiled in a primary vessel is permitted to eat before the tenth hour, as this is certainly not considered matzah.
Shaar HaTzion, Siman 474, S"K 1
(1) Derech HaChaim and Chayei Adam, and in Chayei Adam it also permits in charemzlikh, while in Derech HaChaim it prohibits. And in Chayei Adam it is brought that one can fulfill with boiled matzah, and see in Magen Avraham where it is written that this is not customary, and in Beur HaGra it is inclined that according to Rambam it is forbidden to eat rich matzah, and also boiled matzah on Erev Pesach, even before the tenth hour, and it implies there that his opinion leans towards this view: