[Avodah] Kitniot

[Jonathan Baker]

RZS:

> The original reason for gezerat kitniyot isn't really known, because
> there are no records of who made the gezera, and when.  But the

I note that you use the language of "gezera", when most people talk
about it in terms of "minhag".  Is there evidence that it was even
created as a gezera (and does a gezera work in a limited geographic
area?  and how does geographic area translate to family practice in
this era of geographic mobility?) rather than a "practice" or "minhag"
of lay people that just spread?

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