Let Them Eat Cake: January 1st Yarchei Kallah

It’s a complicated topic, and the stakes are high: What bracha is pizza? Hamotzi or mezonos? Do I need to wash and bentch? It depends on how much I eat? Ok, how much is that? And most of all, why?

So many questions! Rabbi Moshe Spiro shows us the way, with a lucid and comprehensive overview of the laws of Pas Haba B’Kisnin, those baked products that fall between Hamotzi and Mezonos. Hear the shiur below, and follow along with the sources here.