[Avodah] popcorn on Pesach

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

JJB:
> So I gotta question. I look at most online sites that talk about pesach,
> and I note that popcorn is generally considered assur for Ashkenazim.
> My question is why:  why should we outlaw air-popped popcorn, or microwave-
> popped popcorn, if it takes way less than 18 minutes to pop the popcorn?
> We don't outlaw all wheat products, for instance...

Look the entire Minhag of Qitniyyos [as we apply it anyway] is frought
with contradictions and inconsistencies.

A "Who was the first who said that" American Maize Corn is Qitniyyos
and
B "Who was the first who said that" peanuts are Qitniyyos?
[RMF didn't think so!]

The general answer AISI is a hashqafic version of the halachic principle
of "davar sheyeish lo matirin"

In halachah such things are never bateil. Why? Just wait and it's Kosher

Similarly re: Passover people are machmir about all kinds of issues.
Why? Just wait 8 days and it's Kosher

Disclaimer: I'm neither endorsing this attitude nor protesting it. Just
describing the phenomenon AIUI.

My 2 prutos!
Zissen Pesach
RRW
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