tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926230.post5177985305142346005..comments2024-03-05T08:06:41.189-05:00Comments on On The Contrary: The Best Passover Reads, 5772ADDeRabbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11749876612695930184noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926230.post-81201639554610500992012-04-12T11:29:08.914-04:002012-04-12T11:29:08.914-04:00I wonder if there's a difference in attitudes ...I wonder if there's a difference in attitudes toward kitniyot between Ashkenazim in the US and in Israel. There; pretty much everything KFP is for Ashkenazim, and the only nafka mina is really kitniyot products themselves. Here there are many products that have a KFP for kitniyot eaters. This availability makes for much greater flexibility when making purchases even for those who don't eat kitniyot.<br /><br />Let me give you an example: the other day, I was at a supermarket and wanted to buy almonds. Whole almonds. Both packages on the shelf were KFP for kitniyot eaters only. In the ingredients, it was listed that it may contain trace amounts of gluten, soy, and peanut.<br />In the States, I would not have used such a product, because gluten is real chametz. But once it has the Sephardic KFP, it means there's no gluten in this run and I'm not concerned about the trace amounts of kitniyot.<br /><br />Another example: I made popcorn today to eat on Shabbos.<br />In the US, it would have been virtually impossible to do this because where are you going to get KFP popcorn (if it were theoretically possible for the 8th day of Pesach to be on Friday)?<br />Here, I bought the KFP popcorn (Badatz Beit Yosef!) and looked into the question of using Pesach utensils to cook chametz (I did use a Pesachdike pot for the popcorn).<br /><br />I don't think that kitniyot is a silly or stupid minhag and I have not intention of getting rid of it. But the fact that there are so many products available that are KFP for kitniyot eaters gives those of us on this side of the pond the ability to rely on certain commonsense "kulot" that the Ashki-dominated kashrut system in the US would not allow.ADDeRabbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11140799140529618997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926230.post-24561023339406962012-04-09T22:05:26.448-04:002012-04-09T22:05:26.448-04:00Great choices and comments. Baruch She'Kivant...Great choices and comments. Baruch She'Kivanti on a few. To wit:<br /><br />I thought Leon overdid the cruelty that is the sine qua non of negative reviews by hoity-toity professors, but he was essentially on target. <br /><br />Re: Chumros, witnessing the trend of pulling back on the over-chumra-ization of Pesach has restored some of my faith in the principle that Orthodox Halachic evolution is guided by Divine Providence and some modicum of reason. Sure there are hiccups, but I believe (or perhaps "hope" is more accurate) the trend should be healthy. Overturning a half-millenium-old minhag is doomed to failure. That's why I think the pro-Quinoa crowd has a chance, while the Leshem proposal does not. Corn and Mei Kitniyot have already been canonized and there's no turning back.<br /><br />I am part of the anti-horseradish party too. And while pleased with the development, I am pleasantly surprised that we haven't been put into Cheirem. <br /><br />The Shulevitz piece is brilliant, of the type I would have assumed you wrote, had I been asked to guess. <br /><br />Moadim L'Simchayehupitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05435613160410288298noreply@blogger.com