[Avodah] kitniyot

[Lisa Liel via Avodah]

On 4/21/2017 7:38 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> I would suggest that, like the format of birkhas hachodesh, the whole
> taqanah was an excuse to keep alive the idea that qiddush hachodesh
> ought to be al pi re'iyah.

That's a real possibility.  In addition, I suggest that halakha is 
intended to be feasible without any technology.  Just imagine changing 
something this fundamental to rely on an electronic network that will 
inevitably be subject to attack by EMPs at some point.  I don't think it 
would be responsible.

Lisa