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The Real Story of Qitniyoth (kitniyot)

  • haghim
  • pesah
  • qitniyoth

Part 1: Hear the argument for not eating rice on Pesah and discover the real reason for the minhag of not eating qitniyoth (kitniyot). Hint: it’s not that people confused it with rice. The qitniyoth minhag really is Karaite. Why some eschew hummus on Pesah.

Part 2: Understand the real reason Jews stopped eating peanuts on Pesah. Now that you know qitniyoth (kitniyot) is a fallacious minhag, can you eat them if everyone else is abstaining? Learn why the minhag is not binding in Erets Yisrael.

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