[Avodah] Is Turkey Kosher?

[Rich, Joel]

Which boils down, more or less, to my summary.  The minhag arose either in places where they allowed birds based on their simanim, or in places where they mistakenly thought there was a mesorah.

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Zev Sero             
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IIrC R'HS says it's the latter based on the sfardim and the ashkenazim picked it up from them.
KT
Joel Rich     
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