[Avodah] Seed Oil on Pesach

[Meir Rabi]

The following observations from the Mishneh Berurah regarding oil from
Kitniyos that may be used as fuel to provide light at the eating table
without taking precautions that some may drip into food at the table


   1. 453:11
      1. A Chametz grinder may be used to crush the sesame seeds; even if
      some Chamets may thereby be incorporated into the oil, since it
is prior to
      Pesach and is therefore Battel be60.
      2. This suggests that the oil was (as is to be expected) thick and
      murky with actual specks of sesame in it. In such a mixture the Chamets
      would not be identifiable and would be Battel. A speck of Chamets, and I
      don’t mean on the molecular level, in our modern day refined oil
would not
      be Battel since it can be seen and removed.
      3. This being the case, it appears that the problem with Kitnitot oil
      is not the oil but the solid sesame matter in suspension or
settled at the
      bottom of the oil. People using such oil would easily see little to no
      difference between using sesame seeds or sesame oil, since in
both cases one
      is consuming the sesame seed solid.
      4. MBerua adds that neither is there a suspicion that Chamets flavour
      absorbed in the crusher has been transferred to the sesame, and
this would
      apparently not be Battel Be60; since the sesame seed crush is a cold
      process.
      5. Accordingly, our clear refined oil extracted from seeds, appears to
      be Muttar.
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