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<DIV>In Avodah Digest, Vol 32, Issue 64 dated 4/13/2014 </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>A number of things. On the simplest level, Pesach is difficult as it
is. <BR>To have to refrain from things that we could be eating to make the chag
<BR>more enjoyable seems wrong. It's like someone's trying to make it as
<BR>hard as possible to be mesameach.<BR><BR>But more than that, and I think
this is a very important point that too <BR>many people disregard -- I think
that kitniyot and similar things are <BR>responsible to a large degree for kids
going OTD.<BR><BR>....And you ask why we're obsessed with getting rid of this
burdensome and <BR>odious minhag?<BR><BR>Lisa<BR><BR>>>>>></DIV>
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<DIV>In the kosher supermarket here in Miami when I went shopping for Pesach I
found an unbelievable array of Pesachdig non-kitniyos cakes, cookies, drinks,
prepared meat and poultry, fish, blintzes, pasta, pizza, cheeses, souffles,
kugels, salads, dips and spreads, frozen fruits and vegetables, jams, nuts,
candies, condiments, ice cream and Pesach hamburger rolls. Please don't
tell me that Pesach is difficult. It has never been easier, or more
fattening (even though I don't buy most of that stuff myself).</DIV>
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<DIV>For those who don't eat gebrochts the range of choices is only slightly
smaller. When I left the chassidish nest of my childhood and entered the
world of a Litvak, I added one item to my seder menu: knaidlach. But
in my heart and memories I long for my childhood sedarim even though I love
knaidlach.</DIV>
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<DIV>I wonder -- hashkafically speaking, now -- if Pesachdig blintzes, pasta,
and rolls do not defeat the entire meaning and spirit of Pesach.
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<DIV><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby Katz</STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=0
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