[Avodah] Are emmer, einkorn and durum wheat?

[Lisa Liel]

This reminds me of people who say that Jonah wasn't swallowed by a 
whale, because a whale isn't a dag.  But that's fallacious, because dag 
(a halakhic category) is not conguent to fish (a scientific category). 
Similarly, it doesn't matter if the other species of grain are 
distinct.  To say that they are "legal" not the same is incorrect.  The 
distinction of genus and species is not relevant to halakhic categorization.

Lisa

On 2/21/2012 8:58 AM, Danny Schoemann wrote:
> Somebody asked me:
>
> "I have a question in Halocho. We all know that there are 5 species of
> Dagan that have special laws such as Hamotzi, Chometz, etc..
>
> But from the scientific point of view there have been and still are
> several other domesticated Deganim. For example: emmer, einkorn,
> durum. These species are distinct. They are not a variation of one of
> the 5 species. So legally they are not. But practically they contain
> gluten and they undergo the same Chimutz during Pessach.
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