[Avodah] kitniyot

[Zev Sero]

Ben Waxman wrote:
> 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).

This is why mustard is kitniyos (and there is *no* disputing that).  So
why would the same logic *not* apply to rapeseed?


> The mattirim state:
> 1) We don't add to the gezira or the minhag (Avnei Nezir, Shulhan Aruch
> Harav, Igrot Moshe)

SAH says this?!  Where?  Corn wasn't in the original minhag, and yet the
achronim are very clear that it is forbidden.  And who says rapeseed
wasn't in the original minhag, at least in theory, as something that we
wouldn't eat on Pesach if it were edible?


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