<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><ol><li>R' Micha pointed out the Yerushalmi discussion whether Chassa metuka sweet lettuce is kosher. That shows that the name - Chazeret Chasa - synonymous with Marror is sufficient, and bitter taste is not necessary.</li><li> R' Chaim Kanievsky points out that the Chazon Ish - Orach Chaim page 398 in Otzar Hachochma - strongly rejects that conclusion from the Yerushalmi! (hat tip to R' Kalman Gutman!)</li><li>After 6 lines pointing out how vital the taste of Maror is, CI shows the absurds of such a conclusion - if so you can leave the Maror in Chazeres, and need not taste it at all - swallow in a sieve - and since any vegetable which is bitter is sufficient to be Yotzei, we see that the bitter taste is the governing principle. <br></li><li><br></li><li>CI concludes with Chacham Tzvi #119 that one must wait until your lettuce is bitter, but only mildly bitter, not totally beyond edible.</li><li>Thus we should pursue bitter lettuce. The paradox is that the lettuce industry spends all its resources to prevent "bolting" - becoming bitter. The economy runs on sweet lettuce, as CI also pointed out. Pesach is in spring, so it is not so simple. <br></li><li>That would be the practical problem the Yerushalmi is attacking. You do not need the strongest bitterness, mild transitional bitterness sufficient. <br></li><li>The super-kosher bug-free industry now markets "greenhouse" kale and arugula, which are mildly bitter. I purchased both last night. Usually they are used by French chefs. <br></li></ol><p>This is a classic Chazon Ish. He wanted Torah based lifestyle, and Mehadrin bitterness in Maror fits right in with his theme. Build on the sound simple meaning of the Torah. <br></p></div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">David Wacholder<br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:dwacholder@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwacholder@gmail.com</a><br><a href="mailto:dwacholder@optonline.net" target="_blank">dwacholder@optonline.net</a></div></div>
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