(Yiddish for broken, referring to broken matzoh and farfel)
Some very observant Jews refrain from eating foods made with a combination of matzoh or matzoh meal and a liquid, concerned that if a little insufficiently cooked flour within the matzoh were moistened, leavening or fermentation might take place. So they avoid matzoh balls, matzoh brie, and other matzoh-based foods cooked with liquid until the eighth day of Passover.
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