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I do round. But who really cares ?
Why ask if you don’t care?
We do elliptical. Since perfect circles don’t exist.
But they’re not elliptical either, they’re sort of roundy-bendy-with-little-jaggedy-burnt-edge-thingies.
I happen to love those, and we use them for the seder and lechem mishneh. But for matza and cream cheese sandwiches, give me square. Then we use the leftover round matzah to snack on Friday night at the meal. Mmmmmmmmmmm….
I prefer the flavor of square matzah and it is also less burnt.
i like the look of the square plates better, but we use round dishes anyhow
My tefillin are square.
The Wolf
A circle is really just a square with sides n going to infinity. A square is really just a circle with 4 sides. Isn’t that useful to know?
That is a theoretical way to arrive at a circle. It is most definitely not the mathematical definition of a circle.
is it true that they found very old pairs of round tefilin?
I am Mekayem all 3 Shitos:- Round Hand Baked Matzo; Square Machine Baked Matzo to dip in my coffee; Elliptical Beitzo on my Seder plate.
This way I keep everyone happy, and there are no Machlokes Chas veSholom.
OOM – yep, it is theoretical; I didn’t say it was the definition.
WolfishMusings — “My tefillin are square.”
Very good. My tefillin are cubic. Makes me stand out.
talmud — “is it true that they found very old pairs of round tefilin?” Yes, I also saw that, but they were really cylindrical.
The matza is close to circle shaped. But the Kiddush Becher is technically an octagonal prism, over a cylindrical base.
The Beitza is approximately ellipsoidal.
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