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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">This reminds me of people who say
that Jonah wasn't swallowed by a whale, because a whale isn't a dag.
But that's fallacious, because dag (a halakhic category) is not
conguent to fish</font></font> (a scientific category). <small><font
face="Arial"> Similarly, it doesn't matter if the other species of
grain are distinct. To say that they are "legal" not the same is
incorrect. The distinction of genus and species is not relevant to
halakhic categorization.<br>
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Lisa</font></small><br>
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On 2/21/2012 8:58 AM, Danny Schoemann wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Somebody asked me:
"I have a question in Halocho. We all know that there are 5 species of
Dagan that have special laws such as Hamotzi, Chometz, etc..
But from the scientific point of view there have been and still are
several other domesticated Deganim. For example: emmer, einkorn,
durum. These species are distinct. They are not a variation of one of
the 5 species. So legally they are not. But practically they contain
gluten and they undergo the same Chimutz during Pessach.</pre>
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