[Avodah] kitniyot

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

<<Actually, you and I agree on that too. I think that minhagim should be
mimetically defined, by definition, and therefore it's only a very
overwhelming sevara that says the minhag is damaging that should change
a minhag.>>

I am confused by the term mimetic. I understand it in the sense of
tradition,
We are discussing various situations that didn't exist years ago,
My parents didnt use Canola oil because it was not available but they did
use cottonseed oil.
What is my mimetic custom for lechitin?

When I grew up we had mainly macaroon cookies. Any cakes even with matza
meal tasted and looked different than chametz items.

No one I knew used CI shiurim. In EY on the radio I still hear about the
necessity of using CI shiurim at least lechatchila.
I agree with others that in the DL community in EY there has been a
backlash against kitniyot chumrot and large shiurim. I recently heard a
shiur from R. Aviner attacking much of these chumrot and R. Lior also has
many kulot and these are considered right wing DL rabbis.

As I stated before one difference between EY and the US is the existence of
a large charedi sefardi community, This gives rise to kitniyot products
with top level hasgachot. The easy availability of soft matzaot etc.

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Eli Turkel
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