<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><< according to Richard J Israel at <</span><a href="http://www.site38.com/dickisrael/kitniot.htm" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.site38.com/dickisrael/kitniot.htm</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> In general, kitniot are those small (kitniot - from katan) seeds or</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> beans which look a little like grains and which need to be cooked to b</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">e eaten.>></span><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">RSZA paskens that peanuts are only a safek kitniyot because the seed is big</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">while he prohibits cottenseed oil because the seeds are small.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Similarly potatos are not a problem even though he prohibits potato starch because it can be used to make cakes<br clear="all"></font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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