kitniyot

Last year, Rabbi Wohlberg said it was permissible for his congregants to eat legumes, called kitniyot in Hebrew.

Archive 2006-04-01 MaksimSmelchak 2006

Last year, Rabbi Wohlberg said it was permissible for his congregants to eat legumes, called kitniyot in Hebrew.

GAMING NEWS: A Near-Death Experience, Killer Bunnies & Passover! MaksimSmelchak 2006

More and more foods have been classified as kitniyot in recent years, as Ashkenazi rabbinic positions have hardened across a wide expanse of Halacha, or traditional religious law.

Have Coffee Will Write 2009

In Israel we have a vast mixture of "kitniyot" and "non-kitniyot" products, which means stuff Ashkenazim don't eat, and stuff that everyone eats.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

In response, Coca-Cola pumps out a batch of limited edition Coke that uses (gasp) real sugar instead of the kitniyot corn.

David Weiner: Passover Facts: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Passover 2009

Unfortunately, they're right, and the vast majority of Ashkenazim swallow this or don't swallow this by refraining from buying anything labeled kitniyot, even if the ingredient only "became kitniyot" last year due to a phonetic misunderstanding.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

I researched the issue and decided to do hataras nedarim on the later kitniyot abuses, and so now only keep the original and major kitniyot laws.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

And the latter only for tradition and family's sake, since, as an Israeli, I could probably just declare myself bound by the custom of the state, which is not to observe kitniyot at all.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

In the last year or two, someone decided that "cotenet" sounds too much like "kitniyot", so it should be labeled kitniyot to avoid confusion.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

Unfortunately, despite the fact that there are vast levels of differences in levels of kitniyot, everything that anyone even suspects of being kitniyot to some group is simply labeled kitniyot.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007