<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:20 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rabbirichwolpoe@gmail.com">rabbirichwolpoe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="mailto:eliturkel@gmail.com">eliturkel@gmail.com</a><br>
> R Elyashiv prohibits cottenseed based on some gemara that cotten was<br>
> labeled as kitniyot<br>
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I have a havrussa "Avi" who lived in EY<br>
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We talked last Shabbos about cottonseed oil<br>
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Avi: how do you say "cotton" in Hebrew<br>
RRW: Tzemer Geffen.<br>
Avi: that's classical Hebrew I mean Modern Hebrew<br>
RRW: ????<br>
Avi: "Kutna!" That's why it's kitniyos - because it SOUNDS like kitniyos!<br>
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I would probably not believe this except that Zli keidar sounds like<br>
Zli.... Hmmm ;-)<br><br></blockquote><div><br>Similarly many North African Jews, who in general eat kitniyot on Pesach, don't eat chick peas/garbanzo beans, because hummus sounds like hametz. <br></div></div></div>