[Avodah] RSZA on kitniyot

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Eli Turkel wrote:

> from halichot shlomo volume on Pesach p89 (pe-tet)
> ...
> He brings that the CA prohibited potatos !! but that this psak
> was never accepted. because they can't be confused with wheat.
> He adds that PERHAPS there is a reason to prohibit potato flour
> (serach kitniyot - based on chiddishin of RSZA to Pesachim).
> Certainly, cakes made from matza flour should certainly be
> prohibited (ie even according to those that eat gebrochs) ...

To me, it seems contradictory to allow gebroks yet forbid matza meal
cake. Yet it certainly seems that this is how RSZA held. I think I'm
going to have to retract most of my recent posts. Or add least append
a big "tzorech iyun" to them.

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