22. Soaked bread – Bread that has soaked in cold water or other liquids:[1]
Cold water: Bread that has soaked in cold water or other liquids has the same law as bread that was placed into a Keli Sheiyni [see Halacha 19C], and hence retains its blessing of Hamotzi even if one initially placed into it pieces of bread which are less than a Kezayis, and even if one placed into it a piece that has the size of a Kezayis which later disintegrated and became less than a Kezayis. If, however, the piece disintegrated to the point that it has completely lost its appearance of bread, then even if it was placed in cold water it becomes Mezonos [even if one sets a meal over it]. [However, by a Kezayis of bread that has retained its Kezayis size, it remains Hamotzi even if it has lost its appearance and even within a Keli Rishon, as ruled above in A.]
Hot water: Bread that has soaked in hot water contains the same status and law as bread that was cooked as explained in Halacha 19, depending on whether the liquid was a Keli Rishon or not. See there!
[1] Admur Seder 2:14; 168:18; Ketzos Hashulchan 48:13
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