The first hand cranked matzo machine came with the early industrial revolution.50 years later, the Rogochover gaon lamented the demise of home baked matzo and the rise of the commercial bakery. It is also apparent from tales of the Briskers, and the very language of “maos chittin” that even with the rise of the machine matzo, many people and places sourced their matzos as shumura wheat, that was then ground and baked privately or communally. The “artisinal” matzo of the home bakers of those times could have looked very different and variegated.
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