[Avodah] Five Minnim and Oats

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 06:56:04PM +0000, rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
: Q: could the 5 minim be defined as those plants that have signifcant
: gluten?

They could, but I think the gemara (Pesachim 35) is saying that the
5 minim are really 5 subtypes of the two grains that are among the 7
minim. The Tur makes this point as well.

Chitah expands to include chitah (wheat), and kusemes (spelt),
and
se'orah includes se'orah (barley), shifon (rye) and shibboles shu'al
(oats / rye / wild barley).

It's therefore gezeiras hakasuv.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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