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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: Zev Sero <A href="mailto:zev@sero.name">zev@sero.name</A><BR><BR>>> Cottonseed is
completely out of the question, because it grows on a<BR>tree, and everyone
agrees that tree fruit are not included. <<-- <BR>Zev
Sero
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<DIV>I have no problem using cottonseed oil on Pesach but I wonder if it's true
that it "grows on a tree." It grows on a bush that dies (?) maybe like a
banana? If you could eat cotton would the bracha be ha'eitz or
ha'adamah?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><BR></FONT><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby
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