The Kitniyot Calculus
Pre-Passover interview with Machon Shilo head Rabbi David Bar-Hayim.
Pre-Passover interview with Machon Shilo head Rabbi David Bar-Hayim.
Some 1% milk in Israel has traces of legumes in it - a Pesach problem for Ashkenazic Jews.
Conservative rabbis lifted ban on legumes earlier this year; Ashkenazic Conservative Jews to enjoy kitniyot for the first time this seder.
Efrat Rabbi Zvi Leshem says that it is largely a lack of knowledge and confusion on the subject that is fueling people to drop the custom.
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel rails against recent calls for lifting of legumes ban on Passover: 'Could uproot the entire Halachic system.'