[Avodah] kitniyot

[Ben Waxman]

Last week's Tzohar dealt with the Canola issue.

The ossirim state:

1) The seeds come in a pod, so they look like kitniyot (Avni Nezir).
2) The seeds grow in fields in which wheat was raised in previous years.
This could lead to some mixing which could cause leavening during the
processing (B'ohel shel Torah).

The mattirim state:
1) We don't add to the gezira or the minhag (Avnei Nezir, Shulhan Aruch
Harav, Igrot Moshe)
2) The plant is inedible unless processed (Amma Devar, Rav Morechai Eliyahu)
3)  Before Pesach the seeds are a special type of sifting to get out any
wheat (which is easy to do given the differences in color).
4) If there is any seed left over it is bateil in 60.
5) The rapseeds are cleaned in steam which doesn't allow leavening. Since
there is only a safek if there is any wheat seeds anyway, this is permitted.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eli Turkel" <eliturkel at gmail.com>


> 2 quick questions on kitniyot
>
> 1. What is the problem with Canola (Canadian oil, low acid)
> Rapeseed is never used to make flour only oil and it is recent product