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<font size=3>At 03:14 PM 4/7/2009, Reb Chaim G. Steinmetz wrote:<br>
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a truly idiotic svara for gebrochts is brought- and refuted- in the
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Shaarei Teshuva OC460, a woman who saw her neighbor making matza
<br>
meal pancakes (sufganin) and thought that it was ok to make
regular<br>
flour <br>
pancakes on pesach.and did so....<br>
menucha<br><br>
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Is it more "idiotic" than what was posted today by someone on
Areivim<br>
that "If one is looking for chumrot I have a better idea. I just
read<br>
that RSZA<br>
didnt use potato flour because it is too similar to wheat flour.
"?<br><br>
In fact, such a chumrah is already brought from the Rishonim as a
chumrah<br>
of "Balei Nefesh" (the Raavyoh), for the identical reason.<br>
CGS</font></blockquote><br>
Reb Chaim,<br><br>
I must be misreading what you wrote in your last sentence. <br><br>
The potato was not introduced to Europe until 1536 (
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato" eudora="autourl">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato</a> ), which is after the time of
the Rishonim. "<font size=3><b>Rishonim</b> were the leading
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi">Rabbis</a> and
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posek"><i>Poskim</a></i> who lived
approximately during the 11th to 15th centuries." <br>
(
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishonim" eudora="autourl">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishonim</a> ) How could the Rishonim
bring a chumrah about something that they could not have known
about?<br><br>
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